Take it Personally: What May it Take to Become Designers for Pluriversality?
This paper argues that if we aim to Design for pluriversality, we cannot do so from a universalist notion of what it means to be a Designer. This paper briefly describes the efforts of decolonizing Design, then looks into two Design approaches in socially engaged Design methods that frame how Desig...
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This paper argues that if we aim to Design for pluriversality, we cannot do so from a universalist notion of what it means to be a Designer. This paper briefly describes the efforts of decolonizing Design, then looks into two Design approaches in socially engaged Design methods that frame how Designers connect to place and people: Situated Design and Design Empathy. These discourses are then further nuanced by adding a decolonial lens, nuancing how Designers are situated and engage through the colonial matrix of power. This then serves as a map of aspects to be taken into consideration for nuancing a Designer’s relation place, history, profession and people in the colonial matrix of power. This paper then suggest the notions of awarenessing, an action-oriented reflective awareness on one’s position, flexibility in Design processes and the incorporation of personal aspects into Designing as possible ways to open up for pluriversal Design stances. The paper concludes by outlining potential implications of opening up for such stances in doing, writing and teaching Design.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ace5670f92464361841af50c8b1d62a22023-09-21T22:21:16ZengUniversidad de CaldasKepes1794-71112462-81152023-06-012027Take it Personally: What May it Take to Become Designers for Pluriversality?Nicholas B. Torretta0Umeå Institute of Design - Umeå University This paper argues that if we aim to Design for pluriversality, we cannot do so from a universalist notion of what it means to be a Designer. This paper briefly describes the efforts of decolonizing Design, then looks into two Design approaches in socially engaged Design methods that frame how Designers connect to place and people: Situated Design and Design Empathy. These discourses are then further nuanced by adding a decolonial lens, nuancing how Designers are situated and engage through the colonial matrix of power. This then serves as a map of aspects to be taken into consideration for nuancing a Designer’s relation place, history, profession and people in the colonial matrix of power. This paper then suggest the notions of awarenessing, an action-oriented reflective awareness on one’s position, flexibility in Design processes and the incorporation of personal aspects into Designing as possible ways to open up for pluriversal Design stances. The paper concludes by outlining potential implications of opening up for such stances in doing, writing and teaching Design. https://revistasojs.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php/kepes/article/view/8035Designdecolonizationpowerpluriverse |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas B. Torretta Take it Personally: What May it Take to Become Designers for Pluriversality? Kepes Design decolonization power pluriverse |
| title | Take it Personally: What May it Take to Become Designers for Pluriversality? |
| title_full | Take it Personally: What May it Take to Become Designers for Pluriversality? |
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| title_short | Take it Personally: What May it Take to Become Designers for Pluriversality? |
| title_sort | take it personally what may it take to become designers for pluriversality |
| topic | Design decolonization power pluriverse |
| url | https://revistasojs.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php/kepes/article/view/8035 |
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