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Duncan Fairfax

Duncan’s areas of research are the discourses of contemporary ecology, sustainability and environmental ethics.

Staff details

Position

Head of Department

Department

Design

Email

d.fairfax (@gold.ac.uk)

Duncan Fairfax is the current Head of Department in Design. He is also an international research associate of the recently established design consultancy and think tank, “The Studio at the Edge of the World,” started by renowned design philosopher and sustainability theorist Professor Tony Fry. His principle areas of research and teaching cover the discourses of contemporary ecology, sustainability, environmental ethics, system and service design, innovation, leadership, and change management. His most recent work is focused on the development of a new, more ethically appropriate and responsible, understanding of the nature of the “praxis” of design, as it can be derived from contemporary sociological theories of practice, extended and embodied, or enactive theories of mind within contemporary neuroscience, and ontological theories of design.

Publications and research outputs

Design

  • i-Soapbox Rosenberg, Terry E. ; Waller, Michael ; Fairfax, Duncan ; Weatherhead, Andrew ; Rogers, Peter ; and Bagenal, Edward . 2010. i-Soapbox.
  • The Polis Project: Geo-Soapbox Rosenberg, Terry E. ; Waller, Michael ; Fairfax, Duncan ; Weatherhead, Andrew ; Rogers, Peter ; and Bagenal, Edward . 2009. The Polis Project: Geo-Soapbox.
  • i-Legend Rosenberg, Terry E. ; Waller, Michael ; Fairfax, Duncan ; Weatherhead, Andrew ; Rogers, Peter ; and Bagenal, Edward . 2009. i-Legend.

Show/Exhibition

  • The Dewey Organ Project Jungnickel, Kat ; Fairfax, Duncan ; Ballie, Jen; and Wilkie, Alex . 2015. The Dewey Organ Project. In: "Imagination Festival", Govanhill Baths, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4-6 September 2015.
  • Mediatising public space and mediating practice: exhibition and research symposium Waller, Michael ; Rosenberg, Terry E. ; and Fairfax, Duncan . 2010. Mediatising public space and mediating practice: exhibition and research symposium. In: "Mediatising public space and mediating practices", Goldsmiths, United Kingdom, 27/11/2010 to 2/12/2010.

Conference or Workshop Item

Article

Book Section

  • Cultures of change: social atoms and electronic lives. News telescope Waller, Michael ; Rosenberg, Terry E. ; Weatherhead, Andrew ; Rogers, Peter ; Bagenal, Edward ; and Fairfax, Duncan . 2010. Cultures of change: social atoms and electronic lives. News telescope. In: Gennaro Ascione; Cinta Massip and Josep Perello, eds. Cultures of change: social atoms and electronic lives. Barcelona: Actar and Arts Santa Monica, pp. 82-85. ISBN 978-84-92861-14-9

Edited Journal

  • Material thinking Vol. 1 no 2 Rosenberg, Terry E. ; and Fairfax, Duncan , eds. 2008. Material thinking Vol. 1 no 2, Studies in material thinking, 1(2).

Professional Activity