Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Diseño

Bogotá, Colombia.

Estudio 7: Diseño PopularA course about design and popular culture

more on: http://designblog.uniandes.edu.co/blogs/dise3136/

Key words: regions / cultural resources / social enterprises

Delosreyes, 2009

Context: Colombia is a deeply unequal and fragmented society. Popular culture, confronts conflict through practices of invention and hybridization. Design interventions can become spaces of re-encounter and creativity.

Delosreyes, 2009

Project: Through cultural dialogue, civic engagement and participation, design project turns into an ad hoc community able to trigger change.

Projects: Ospino, Niño & Delgado, 2011. Barreto, García & Maya, 2010. Alzate, 2011.

Alzate, 2011

Barreto, García, Maya 2010

Design role: Designers take part as co-owners of the problem, since a common belonging is acknowledged. They contribute to mobilize the collective capabilities, and build on top of what there is and what has been made.

Empathize

Reencounter

Build

Activate