Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion

Marlom Aguiar Guayacan; Cyril Tjahja

doi:10.1145/3537797.3537818

Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion

Marlom Aguiar Guayacan
, Cyril Tjahja^*

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PDC '22
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2
Editors	Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Joyce Yee, Christopher Frauenberger, Melisa Duque Hurtado, Nicolai Hansen, Angelika Strohmayer, Izak Van Zyl, Andy Dearden, Reem Talhouk, Cally Gatehouse, Donna Leishman, Shana Agid, Mariacristina Sciannamblo, Jennyfer Taylor, Andrea Botero, Chiara Del Gaudio, Yoko Akama, Rachel Clarke, John Vines
Publisher	ACM
Pages	103-110
Number of pages	8
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450396813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537818
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022

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Participatory design activism
Participatory design
Design activism
Colombia
Collective action

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Aguiar Guayacan, M., & Tjahja, C. (2022). Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion. In V. Vlachokyriakos, J. Yee, C. Frauenberger, M. D. Hurtado, N. Hansen, A. Strohmayer, I. Van Zyl, A. Dearden, R. Talhouk, C. Gatehouse, D. Leishman, S. Agid, M. Sciannamblo, J. Taylor, A. Botero, C. Del Gaudio, Y. Akama, R. Clarke, & J. Vines (Eds.), PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2 (Vol. 2, pp. 103-110). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537818

Aguiar Guayacan, Marlom ; Tjahja, Cyril. / Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion. PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2. editor / Vasilis Vlachokyriakos ; Joyce Yee ; Christopher Frauenberger ; Melisa Duque Hurtado ; Nicolai Hansen ; Angelika Strohmayer ; Izak Van Zyl ; Andy Dearden ; Reem Talhouk ; Cally Gatehouse ; Donna Leishman ; Shana Agid ; Mariacristina Sciannamblo ; Jennyfer Taylor ; Andrea Botero ; Chiara Del Gaudio ; Yoko Akama ; Rachel Clarke ; John Vines. Vol. 2 ACM, 2022. pp. 103-110 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Aguiar Guayacan, M & Tjahja, C 2022, Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion. in V Vlachokyriakos, J Yee, C Frauenberger, MD Hurtado, N Hansen, A Strohmayer, I Van Zyl, A Dearden, R Talhouk, C Gatehouse, D Leishman, S Agid, M Sciannamblo, J Taylor, A Botero, C Del Gaudio, Y Akama, R Clarke & J Vines (eds), PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2. vol. 2, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM, pp. 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537818

Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion. / Aguiar Guayacan, Marlom; Tjahja, Cyril.
PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2. ed. / Vasilis Vlachokyriakos; Joyce Yee; Christopher Frauenberger; Melisa Duque Hurtado; Nicolai Hansen; Angelika Strohmayer; Izak Van Zyl; Andy Dearden; Reem Talhouk; Cally Gatehouse; Donna Leishman; Shana Agid; Mariacristina Sciannamblo; Jennyfer Taylor; Andrea Botero; Chiara Del Gaudio; Yoko Akama; Rachel Clarke; John Vines. Vol. 2 ACM, 2022. p. 103-110 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Aguiar Guayacan M, Tjahja C. Self-designing protests: Exploring participatory design activism through the Colombian graphic (design) explosion. In Vlachokyriakos V, Yee J, Frauenberger C, Hurtado MD, Hansen N, Strohmayer A, Van Zyl I, Dearden A, Talhouk R, Gatehouse C, Leishman D, Agid S, Sciannamblo M, Taylor J, Botero A, Del Gaudio C, Akama Y, Clarke R, Vines J, editors, PDC '22: Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 2. Vol. 2. ACM. 2022. p. 103-110. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Epub 2022 Aug 19. doi: 10.1145/3537797.3537818

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