Contemporary Expressions: Design Activism, 2000 Onwards Thinking about design activism

2013 ◽  
pp. 101-164
Keyword(s):  
Design Activism

Politics of Design Activism

2020 ◽  
pp. 171-183
Author(s):  
Thomas Markussen
Keyword(s):  
Politics Of Design ◽  
Design Activism

scholarly journals Design Activism in an Indonesian Village

Design Issues ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Crosby
Keyword(s):  
Community Organizing ◽  
Agricultural Area ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Alternative Economies ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
Design Activism ◽  
The Village ◽  
Sense Of Urgency

Many design practices in Indonesia combine a sense of urgency around environmental crises with very local forms of community organizing and alternative economies. Located in the village of Kandangan in an agricultural area of Central Java are two organizations called Magno and Spedagi, as well as a cluster of other design activist projects. This paper aims to bring some of these practices and projects into broader discussions about design activism and sustainability, while resisting the urge to define design activism as a global movement.

scholarly journals Design Activism:

IDEA JOURNAL ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Lorella Di Cintio
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Design Pedagogy ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Design Activism ◽  
Is Design

The overarching theme of this journal is design activism. Designers need to be activists, and radical shifts are needed to allow any form of activism to evolve. Institutions of higher learning and the profession need to nurture and equip the next generation of designers with new ways of learning and practice; to achieve any form of positive change, design institutions, scholars and practitioners need to urgently change their models, modes and methodologies. Design pedagogy and practice needs to be realigned away from the current asymmetrical approaches to teaching, practice and research. Over the years, I have been nurturing and expanding an overall agenda that consistently works toward developing innovative solutions to benefit civil society and improve social innovation, sustainability and the environment. Design activism informs not only my philosophy as a designer, but my philosophy and practice as a teacher and scholar.

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