El diseño activista para la transformación social
Prácticas de protesta en entornos transpedagógicos en defensa de los derechos humanos
- Name
- Raúl Fernández
- Year
- 2024
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- Rita Almendra, Rafael Pozo-Puértolas
- Discipline
- Design
- Scope
- Design Education
- Taxonomy
- Epistemology
- Type
- Theoretical
- Language
- Spanish
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 63,207 / 246
- Joint supervision
- No
Design, pedagogy, and activism in transpedagogical social spaces
Research Process (10 methods)
x
Virtual poster design with Garcia neighborhood residents in Barcelona
Over 1,823 posters designed by individuals from more than 8 nations
Afghan migrants/refugees in Athens
The researcher and migrants in the Ritsona refugee camp
Generation Z migrants in refugee camps
Fadia Faizy and the refugee community in Ritsona
Leaders and members of the NGO Open Arms
Students and design professors from Elisava
Generation Z design students and faculty
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | CoDesign | Exploratory | Qualitative | Participatory | Virtual poster design with Garcia neighborhood residents in Barcelona | unspecified |
| 3 | CoDesign | Generative | Qualitative | Participatory | Over 1,823 posters designed by individuals from more than 8 nations | unspecified |
| 4 | Interview | Generative | Qualitative | x | Afghan migrants/refugees in Athens | 3 |
| 5 | Ethnography | Generative | Qualitative | Observational | The researcher and migrants in the Ritsona refugee camp | unspecified |
| 6 | Transmedia storytelling | Generative | Qualitative | Participatory | Generation Z migrants in refugee camps | unspecified |
| 7 | CoDesign | Generative | Qualitative | Participatory | Fadia Faizy and the refugee community in Ritsona | unspecified |
| 8 | Interview | Generative | Qualitative | x | Leaders and members of the NGO Open Arms | 3 |
| 9 | Workshop | Generative/Evaluative | Qualitative | x | Students and design professors from Elisava | 198 |
| 10 | CoDesign | Generative/Evaluative | Qualitative | x | Generation Z design students and faculty | 186 |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Exchange with community representatives
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context | Partially | Yes | Yes |
| Vision | Yes | Yes | No |
| Means | No | No | No |
Recommendations (11)
Adapt activist-design methods through intersectional approaches that consider gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, and sexual orientation.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Decolonize design curricula by incorporating non-Eurocentric perspectives and traditional knowledge systems.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Investigate teacher-training needs and strategies for emerging transpedagogical paradigms in design education.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium → Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Integrate social-sustainability principles more effectively into design education, in both theory and practice.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Investigate the role of design in social activism and how activist design can be taught and practiced ethically.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Repair the affects between university, teachers, and students through forms of dissent that renew transpedagogical relationships.
- Scope:
- Meso → Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Low-Medium
Promote collaborative design practices that involve communities directly in design processes, especially in contexts of vulnerability or marginalization.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium-High
Foster a more interdisciplinary design education that prepares students to address complex problems requiring multifaceted approaches.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Expand thematic areas of inquiry toward economics, ecology, species relations, education, digital identities, and human interaction according to context.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Study how to establish effective collaboration models between academics, professionals, communities, and institutions for more reciprocal knowledge exchange.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium → Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Develop methods to evaluate the social and environmental impact of design projects in both the short and long term.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium