We Will Survive
<p>A collective reflection on the ability of objects and design to contribute to survival and protection against disasters, based on an examination of the phenomenon of “preppers”. Do you believe that energy independence, sustainable farming, food autonomy, a self-reliant lifestyle, local networks and a culture of mutual support and altruism are vital to a future worth living? If so, you are, at least in part, a prepper. Preppers are convinced that our world is doomed. They believe in the imminent and inevitable collapse of all our systems and, consequently, of society itself. However, instead of allowing fear to paralyze them, they adopt a coping strategy that restores their sense of control over the uncontrollable: they actively prepare for how to survive the collapse and how to build a new world order afterwards.</p> <p><em>We Will Survive</em> brings together the views of theorists, researchers, designers and preppers. The book explores the diverse mindsets and wide-ranging lifestyles of the prepper movement which was once considered marginal, but has now become a cultural phenomenon around the globe.</p>
Editors: Anniina Koivu, Jolanthe Kugler
Contributors: Noam Toran, Yassine Salihine, Andrea Alberto Dutto, Patrick J. Gyger, Eva Horn, Luisa Ferreira, Silvia Berger Ziauddin, Anniina Koivu, Rebecca Solnit, Jolanthe Kugler
Editorial Manager: Marie Taillan
Translators: Hélène Cohen, Francis Guévremont, Chrisoula Petridis
Copy Editor: Nolwenn Chauvin, Sally McGrane, Robert Owens, Virginie Vernevaut
Designer: Notter+Vigne
MUDAC (Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts Lausanne), Les presses du réel
ISBN: 978-2-37896-664-5