Lo-TEK: Infrastructures of an Ancestor Future
It is the blending of both worlds
Julia Watson
American anthropologist, architect, and designer championing indigenous technologies and ecological design through the concept of Lo-TEK.
All moments: Julia Watson
- Julia Watson - How She Made Her Book — Julia Watson
Lo-TEK is reframing how we think about the relationship between human systems and nature
- World Hope Heroes: Julia Watson — Julia Watson
Architects and designers weren't really writing about this
- Live Panel: Environmental Design — Julia Watson
Indigenous communities are pioneers of technologies that offer solutions to climate change
- Design by Radical Indigenism | Julia Watson — Julia Watson
There is a loss of relationship to the natural world. Our relationship to nature is the driver of the system
- Design by Radical Indigenism — Julia Watson
Lo-TEK is inclusive of contemporary technology and contemporary design
- Interview at What Design Can Do 2022 — Julia Watson
We can't really move forward using the same toolkit that got us to the place we are now
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