Abstract
The construction of a situated epistemology for design was the key issue that emerged from the Colombian—Brazilian dialogue during the last Congress of Design Research held in Bogotá in 2023. Design from the South is the expression of a new epistemology. An epistemology in which the designing is oriented to social transformation, applying the ancestral knowledge in search of social equity and sustaina-bility, and paving the way to design justice. This article presents examples of the way in which this epistemology of design sprouts from the community itself. Designers are part of these communities. Therefore, the design activity here is a form of activism, since the privations and internal conflict make the design solutions a political statement.
Keywords
design; epistemology; latinoamerican design; latinoamerican epistemology design; brasil; colombia
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1143
Citation
Mendoza-Collazos, J., Astrid Rios Durán, M., and cecilia Loschiavo dos santos, M. (2024) Colombia-Brazil dialogues. In search of a Latin American epistemology for design., in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1143
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The construction of a situated epistemology for design was the key issue that emerged from the Colombian—Brazilian dialogue during the last Congress of Design Research held in Bogotá in 2023. Design from the South is the expression of a new epistemology. An epistemology in which the designing is oriented to social transformation, applying the ancestral knowledge in search of social equity and sustaina-bility, and paving the way to design justice. This article presents examples of the way in which this epistemology of design sprouts from the community itself. Designers are part of these communities. Therefore, the design activity here is a form of activism, since the privations and internal conflict make the design solutions a political statement.