"Sumak Kawsay": Social Empowerment through Participatory User-Centred Design in Ecuador

Autor/in	Williams Goodrich, Lisa
Titel	"Sumak Kawsay": Social Empowerment through Participatory User-Centred Design in Ecuador
Quelle	In: International Journal of Art & Design Education, 38 (2019) 1, S.193-206 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-8062
DOI	10.1111/jade.12175
Schlagwörter	Design; Constructivism (Learning); Teaching Methods; Graphic Arts; Agricultural Occupations; Merchandise Information; Agricultural Production; Student Participation; Life Style; Developing Nations; Community Involvement; Experiential Learning; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Organizations (Groups); Commercialization; Observation; Empowerment; Student Attitudes; Ecuador + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Grafik; Grafisches Gestaltung; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Production; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Lebensstil; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Beobachtung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The aim of this article is to direct the social design debate to constructivist approaches to design education in the Global South. This article provides insight into the process of participatory user-centred design involving Ecuadorian third year graphic design students and cocoa cultivators of limited resources in Ecuador. The students and "cacaoteros" become codesigners of a brand identity for the farmers' association by means of an extensive review of literature on cocoa cultivation and commercialisation in Latin America, in-depth interviews with community members on the traditional farming practices of cocoa growing communities in Northern Ecuador and the data collected from the students' participation in and observation of the lifestyle within the community. This article illustrates the 'wicked' problems faced by these design students and the relevance of their experience to the study of social design practices and design education in developing countries. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01