Prospecting anticolonial qualities in Design Education

Authors

  • Marco André Mazzarotto Filho Federal University of Technology of Paraná image/svg+xml
  • Frederick` Marinus Constant van Amstel Federal University of Technology of Paraná image/svg+xml
  • Bibiana Oliveira Serpa Rio de Janeiro State University image/svg+xml
  • Sâmia Batista e Silva Federal University of Para image/svg+xml

Keywords:

Design Education, Critical Pedagogy, Anticolonial Design, Paulo Freire, Relational Qualities

Abstract

The craft of formal and functional aesthetic qualities, overtly typical of dependent markets, characterizes Design Education in Brazil. In addition to reinforcing the cultural stereotypes conferred by colonizers on local people, such qualities contribute to maintaining the inequality that describes the historical colonial relationship. Critical Education in Design seeks to transform this reality through anticolonial praxis, even though little is known about its qualities. We conducted a prospective study on the relational qualities that emerged from the anticolonial praxis of the Design & Oppression network composed by university extension projects of associated laboratories in several Brazilian institutions. Weave this network several Brazilian educational initiatives dedicated to critical pedagogy, working with social movements. Following a practice of Latin American social movements, the choice for the term anticolonial indicates that explicit political action is associated with popular struggles in this praxis, from which six qualities emerge: freedom, criticality, solidarity, autonomy, dialogicity, and monstrosity.

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Author Biographies

  • Marco André Mazzarotto Filho, Federal University of Technology of Paraná

    holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design and a Ph.D. in Design. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Technology of Paraná, Brazil. He conducts research on counter-hegemonic and participatory design jointly with oppressed communities.

  • Frederick` Marinus Constant van Amstel, Federal University of Technology of Paraná

    holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Communication and a Ph.D in Design. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Technology of Paraná, Brazil. His work targets the democratic and creative participation to recognize and include historically oppressed social groups in design activity.

  • Bibiana Oliveira Serpa, Rio de Janeiro State University

    holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design and a Ph.D. in Design. She is an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil., where she conducts research on politicization processes in Design and develops participatory projects with social movements in Latin America.

  • Sâmia Batista e Silva, Federal University of Para

    holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Communication and a Ph.D. in Design. She is a Professor at the Federal University of Pará, Brazil, where she conducts research on the development of autonomy of peripheral groups through participatory design.

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Published

2023-12-22

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 26 (2023): V!26 The Decolonial Debate: Territories

Section

Agora

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How to Cite

Mazzarotto Filho, M. A., Amstel, F. M. C. van, Serpa, B. O., & Silva, S. B. e. (2023). Prospecting anticolonial qualities in Design Education. V!RUS, 1(26), 136-145. https://revistas.usp.br/virus/article/view/228457