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- Title
Southern manners in northern lands: Design interventions for autonomía.
- Authors
Salazar, Pablo Calderón; Zuljevic, Mela; Huybrechts, Liesbeth
- Abstract
This paper explores how the concept of autonomous design, as proposed by Arturo Escobar (2012, 2017a, 2017b) and inspired by the global South, can inform socially engaged design practices in the North. The concept of autonomy is approached from a southern perspective, not (only) from a geographical standpoint, but in understanding autonomous design as a relational practice that supports the self-realization of communities. We will inquire what the potentialities and limitations that a southern approach to interventionist practices in design can have in supporting autonomous processes are. In northern literature, autonomy is often seen as counter to interventionist practices in design. However, a southern perspective can give insights into how autonomy and interventions in design practices can inform and complement each other and we will develop this argument through a reflection on 'building' Non-Alignment. Furthermore, by presenting a project we have been involved in during the last two years, we will illustrate the process of developing a southern approach of interventions in northern lands, and discuss the influence this has had on a local autonomous process.
- Subjects
NONALIGNMENT; PARTICIPATORY design; INTERVENTION (International law)
- Publication
Strategic Design Research Journal, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
1984-2988
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4013/sdrj.2018.112.06