TY - GEN
T1 - Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion
AU - Aguiar Guayacan, Marlom
AU - Tjahja, Cyril
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - This paper explores the notion of participatory design activism to describe design interventions that fall in between participatory design and design activism, arising organically through self-organisation. Illustrated by three examples from the Colombian graphic (design) explosion, which occurred during the mass protests in 2021, a case is made to decentre the designer from the process, arguing that protests are instead (co)designed by a variety of actors. The nature of the interventions described show that participatory design can make a difference through its marriage to design activism. In this context, designers take a step back and allow others to use, appropriate and expand on their creative concepts, effectively self-designing the protest as well as its surrounding environment.
AB - This paper explores the notion of participatory design activism to describe design interventions that fall in between participatory design and design activism, arising organically through self-organisation. Illustrated by three examples from the Colombian graphic (design) explosion, which occurred during the mass protests in 2021, a case is made to decentre the designer from the process, arguing that protests are instead (co)designed by a variety of actors. The nature of the interventions described show that participatory design can make a difference through its marriage to design activism. In this context, designers take a step back and allow others to use, appropriate and expand on their creative concepts, effectively self-designing the protest as well as its surrounding environment.
KW - Participatory design activism
KW - Participatory design
KW - Design activism
KW - Colombia
KW - Collective action
U2 - 10.1145/3537797.3537818
DO - 10.1145/3537797.3537818
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 2
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 103
EP - 110
BT - PDC '22
A2 - Vlachokyriakos, Vasilis
A2 - Yee, Joyce
A2 - Frauenberger, Christopher
A2 - Hurtado, Melisa Duque
A2 - Hansen, Nicolai
A2 - Strohmayer, Angelika
A2 - Van Zyl, Izak
A2 - Dearden, Andy
A2 - Talhouk, Reem
A2 - Gatehouse, Cally
A2 - Leishman, Donna
A2 - Agid, Shana
A2 - Sciannamblo, Mariacristina
A2 - Taylor, Jennyfer
A2 - Botero, Andrea
A2 - Del Gaudio, Chiara
A2 - Akama, Yoko
A2 - Clarke, Rachel
A2 - Vines, John
PB - ACM
ER -