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Re: Graham Seaman * Technology and Society (was: [ox-en] Conference documentation / Konferenzdokumentation)



Michael Bauwens wrote:
Dear Graham,

This is a very very interesting presentation ...

I don't know why Stefan posted it now, it was my talk from the last ox
conference.

Do you have any extra background on the Lucas Plan?

It was pre-internet so as far as I know there isn't much detail
available in electronic format. The only printed book I know of is
The Lucas Plan, Allison & Busby 1982, by Hilary Wainwright & Dave
Elliott (very detailed but possibly more about the trade union side of
it than you want). Google brings up a few short articles, but I haven't
found much at a quick look.

Graham


Michel

The 
Lucas 
Plan 
shopping 
list:

1.  
 
The 
process 
by 
which 
the 
product 
is 
identified 
and 
designed 
is
  
  
 
itself 
an 
important 
part 
of 
the 
total 
process.

2.  
 
The 
means 
by 
which 
it 
is 
produced, 
used 
and 
repaired 
should 
be
  
  
 
non-alienating.

3.  
 
The 
nature 
of 
the 
product 
should 
be 
such 
as 
to 
render 
it 
as
  
  
 
visible 
and 
understandable 
as 
possible 
while 
compatible 
with 
its
  
  
 
performance 
requirements.

4.  
 
The 
product 
should 
be 
designed 
in 
such 
a 
way 
as 
to 
make 
it
  
  
 
repairable.

5.  
 
The 
process 
of 
manufacture, 
use 
and 
repair 
should 
be 
such 
as 
to
  
  
 
conserve 
energy 
and 
materials.

6.  
 
The 
manufacturing 
process, 
the 
manner 
in 
which 
the 
product 
is
  
  
 
used, 
and 
the 
form 
of 
its 
repair 
and 
final 
disposal 
should 
be
  
  
 
ecologically 
desireable 
and 
sustainable.

7.  
 
Products 
should 
be 
considered 
for 
their 
long-term 
characteristics
  
  
 
rather 
than 
short-term 
ones.

8.  
 
The 
nature 
of 
the 
products 
and 
their 
means 
of 
production 
should
  
  
 
be 
such 
as 
to 
help 
and 
liberate 
human 
beings 
rather 
than
  
  
 
constrain, 
control 
and 
physically 
or 
mentally 
damage 
them.

9.  
 
The 
product 
should 
asssist 
cooperation 
between 
people 
as
  
  
 
producers 
and 
consumers, 
and 
between 
nation 
states, 
rather 
than
  
  
 
induce 
primitive 
competition.

10.  
Simple, 
safe, 
robust 
design 
should 
be 
regarded 
as 
a 
virtue 
rather
  
  
 
than 
complex 
'brittle' 
systems.

11.  
The 
product 
and 
processes 
should 
be 
such 
that 
they 
can 
be
  
  
 
controlled 
by 
human 
beings 
rather 
than 
the 
reverse.

12.  
The 
product 
and 
processes 
should 
be 
regarded 
as 
important 
more 
in
  
  
 
respect 
of 
their 
use 
value 
than 
their 
exchange 
value.

13.  
The 
products 
should 
be 
such 
as 
to 
assist 
minorities,
  
  
 
disadvantaged 
groups, 
and 
those 
materially 
and 
otherwise
  
  
 
deprived.

14.  
Products 
for 
the 
Third 
World 
which 
provide 
for 
mutually
  
  
 
non-exploitative 
relationships 
with 
the 
developed 
countries 
are
  
  
 
to 
be 
advocated.

15.  
Products 
and 
process 
should 
be 
regarded 
as 
part 
of 
culture, 
and
  
  
 
as 
such 
meet 
the 
cultural, 
historical 
and 
other 
requirements 
of
  
  
 
those 
who 
will 
build 
and 
use 
them.

16.  
In 
the 
manufacture 
of 
products, 
and 
in 
their 
use 
and 
repair, 
one
  
  
 
should 
be 
concerned 
not 
merely 
with 
production, 
but 
with 
the
  
  
 
reproduction 
of 
knowledge 
and 
competence.




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