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A Companion of Feminisms for Digital Design and Spherology

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Authors:
  1. Amanda Windle

    1. London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, London, UK

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  • Draws on feminist science and technology studies (STS) for the pragmatic and theoretical friction to investigate spherology
  • Provides way-finding techniques for academics and students to engage with spherology through an intimate concern with digital materiality

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Finding a Spherology of Feminisms for Designing Media

    • Amanda Windle
    Pages 1-17

  3. Situated Design Reading: The Air Pockets in Spheres

    • Amanda Windle
    Pages 19-30

  4. An Atmosphere Ethics for Digital Transcription and Reading Spheres Communally

    • Amanda Windle
    Pages 31-52

  5. By Count and Diagram, Is the Indexicality of Spheres Diverse Enough?

    • Amanda Windle
    Pages 53-85

  6. A Baroque Performance of the Female in Body Copy and Page Layout

    • Amanda Windle
    Pages 87-114

  7. How to Design Spherically as a Matter of Recursion

    • Amanda Windle
    Pages 115-142

  8. Conclusions on Atmosphere Design

    • Amanda Windle
    Pages 143-147

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 149-174
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About this book

This book questions if spherology is a philosophy for designers, giving guidance on ways to read Spheres, how to approach the trilogy’s indexicality, and apply the key tropes and ethics of atmospheres to digital design. Each chapter includes a design-in, that is a practical entry point into the many tropes of Spheres including— bubbles, globes and foam. The book also applies spherology to an atmosphere design issue involving endangered species and geospatial threats to the environment.


Spherology refers to the Spheres trilogy by the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, which traces spherical ideas, theories, sensations and feelings related to the philosophical concept of ‘being’ and the human-centered position of ‘being-in’. It is the first cynical, feminist companion of spherology to take a practice-led approach and to cover all three controversial volumes to with and against Spheres. Windle draws on feminist science and technology studies (STS) through parody within reading, writing and design practices. Design provides navigation so that academics and students can engage with spherology through an embodied concern with digital materiality.


As a feminist companion for today’s design issues, the book is an essential read for feminist STS scholars, design practitioners and digital R&D specialists working both in industry and academia, including more specifically data visualisers, interface and interaction designers.


Authors and Affiliations

  • London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, London, UK

    Amanda Windle

About the author

Dr Amanda Windle is the Head of the Graduate School and DigiLab Fellow at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Companion of Feminisms for Digital Design and Spherology

  • Authors: Amanda Windle

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02287-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02286-0Published: 23 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02287-7Published: 13 December 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Science and Technology Studies, Digital/New Media, Digital Humanities, Arts, Graphic Design

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