Militant Design Research: A Proposal to Politicize Design Knowledge-making
This work reflects on how design can engage in emancipatory processes of knowledge-making through Militant Design Research. The argument draws on the work of scholars who are engaged in counter-hegemonic design research and practice, and questions the knowledge production structures within academia...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2023-01-01
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This work reflects on how design can engage in emancipatory processes of knowledge-making through Militant Design Research. The argument draws on the work of scholars who are engaged in counter-hegemonic design research and practice, and questions the knowledge production structures within academia. ‘Militant research’ is presented as a Latin American theoretical-political approach to knowledge production in social sciences, engaging processes of research, educational, and political actions, and uniting organic intellectuals, researchers, and social movements. Inspired by this perspective, principles for Militant Design Research are outlined to stimulate alliances between designers and social movements for the collective production of knowledge, to overcome situations of oppression in and out of academia.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a718e19e61a14635a84ed1fe83b660a52024-04-29T20:26:54ZengPontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDiseña0718-84472452-42982023-01-0122Militant Design Research: A Proposal to Politicize Design Knowledge-makingBibiana Serpa0Design and Oppression Network This work reflects on how design can engage in emancipatory processes of knowledge-making through Militant Design Research. The argument draws on the work of scholars who are engaged in counter-hegemonic design research and practice, and questions the knowledge production structures within academia. ‘Militant research’ is presented as a Latin American theoretical-political approach to knowledge production in social sciences, engaging processes of research, educational, and political actions, and uniting organic intellectuals, researchers, and social movements. Inspired by this perspective, principles for Militant Design Research are outlined to stimulate alliances between designers and social movements for the collective production of knowledge, to overcome situations of oppression in and out of academia. https://ojs.lib.uc.cl/index.php/Disena/article/view/53741Militant research Design studies Latin America Design knowledge Social movements |
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| title | Militant Design Research: A Proposal to Politicize Design Knowledge-making |
| title_full | Militant Design Research: A Proposal to Politicize Design Knowledge-making |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Militant Design Research: A Proposal to Politicize Design Knowledge-making |
| title_short | Militant Design Research: A Proposal to Politicize Design Knowledge-making |
| title_sort | militant design research a proposal to politicize design knowledge making |
| topic | Militant research Design studies Latin America Design knowledge Social movements |
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