Papers
5
Total Citations
32
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3
About
Sarah Pink is a leading figure in design anthropology, digital futures, and the study of emerging technologies, with a particular focus on how they intersect with ageing, care, and everyday life. Her work challenges deficit-based narratives around older adults, instead championing a positive ageing framework that foregrounds creativity, inquisitiveness, and resourcefulness—as demonstrated in her highly cited paper “Isn’t this Marvelous” (16 citations). Pink has pioneered methodological innovations, including “troubleshooting as a method” for remote aged care during COVID-19 (8 citations), and interventional design anthropology that bridges interdisciplinary fields. Her recent work confronts the societal implications of generative AI, exploring how it can be used to design qualitative futures research materials and shape people’s imaginaries of possibility. Through her concept of “anticipatory repair,” she reframes breakage and repair in digital, algorithmic, and robotic contexts, pushing beyond materialities of the present. With a career spanning design anthropology, HCI, and futures studies, Pink’s research is widely cited and influential, offering critical, human-centered perspectives on technology design and its role in shaping more inclusive, creative, and resilient futures.
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Top Papers
- 1“Isn't this Marvelous”16 citations · 2022
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- 4Generative AI and Broken Futures3 citations · 2025
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