Abstract
Will the design system be emancipated enough to contribute to the transformation processes of identities in different cultural contexts? The notion of identity constitutes a fundamental axis for reflecting on design’s renewal and transformations. Identity is not immutable; it transforms with growth and social changes from a multicultural and intercultural perspective. The paper critiques the contributions submitted to the Identities and [Changing] Identities track for the tenth Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2023). The contributions reflect on four main areas: cultural identity concerning the identity roots of design, the authorial identities with their poetics, identity hegemony with the implications of a ‘monolingual’ of design, and reductive forms of identity homologation. Secondly, the identity-alterity relationship in its theoretical formulation, in the local dimension and related to other cultures, and in elaborating actions aimed at overcoming the fixed identities of gender, class, and religion. The third area is identity concerning translation processes, reflecting on the revision of systems, tools, and programs for translating and communicating identity. Lastly, identities in physical/digital environments and futures are an area that focuses on the relationships between identities and designed habitats.
Keywords
Alterity; Translation Processes; Identity Systems; Social Design
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.894
Citation
Bucchetti, V., Barbara, A., Allard, J., Scupelli, P.,and Mikhail, R.A.(2023) Identities and [changing] identities: A crossroads of cultures, translation, and digital innovation, in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.894
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Will the design system be emancipated enough to contribute to the transformation processes of identities in different cultural contexts? The notion of identity constitutes a fundamental axis for reflecting on design’s renewal and transformations. Identity is not immutable; it transforms with growth and social changes from a multicultural and intercultural perspective. The paper critiques the contributions submitted to the Identities and [Changing] Identities track for the tenth Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2023). The contributions reflect on four main areas: cultural identity concerning the identity roots of design, the authorial identities with their poetics, identity hegemony with the implications of a ‘monolingual’ of design, and reductive forms of identity homologation. Secondly, the identity-alterity relationship in its theoretical formulation, in the local dimension and related to other cultures, and in elaborating actions aimed at overcoming the fixed identities of gender, class, and religion. The third area is identity concerning translation processes, reflecting on the revision of systems, tools, and programs for translating and communicating identity. Lastly, identities in physical/digital environments and futures are an area that focuses on the relationships between identities and designed habitats.