Disseny social somiat: especulacions quotidianes per a un canvi social

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Temes de Disseny #39 - Emerging Habitats
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Hillary Carey
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design

Els activistes de la justícia racial tendeixen a recórrer a la ciència-ficció per imaginar mons millors i més lliures. En el disseny, els futurs especulatius poques vegades es basen en la fantasia. El disseny especulatiu es fonamenta més en allò no familiar i l’exageració que no pas en la fantasia per qüestionar hipòtesis i normes. Aquest article planteja que el disseny, el futurisme i el pensament utòpic poden oferir una nova via als moviments a favor de la justícia, i un nou propòsit per al disseny especulatiu, per imaginar possibilitats optimistes a llarg termini basades en el realisme. Els dissenyadors, amb la seva capacitat singular per “canviar situacions existents per situacions preferides”, poden crear visions realistes i plausibles de mons equitatius i alliberadors. Aquestes visions que amplifiquen les iniciatives dels moviments a favor de la justícia poden servir per reclutar nous simpatitzants i motivar els activistes mitjançant un canvi disruptiu complex. 


 


Aquest article descriu vuit tallers estructurats per analitzar la utilitat d’imaginar visions radicalment esperançadores cocreades mitjançant futurs col·laboratius críticament conscients. A cada taller, els dissenyadors van actuar com a facilitadors per afavorir la cerca de solucions amb participants pertanyents a diversos projectes de justícia racial d’organitzacions tant acadèmiques com comunitàries. Els tallers van iniciar els participants en la satisfacció i el valor que ofereix pensar en futurs a llarg termini. Tot i així, les seves visions sovint no van perdurar més enllà del taller. Només en tallers posteriors, quan les instruccions de disseny van proporcionar nous formats per evocar els futurs dels participants, les seves visions es van fer tangibles i duradores. Els resultats mostren que les habilitats creatives dels dissenyadors poden complementar i donar forma al coneixement profund dels defensors de la justícia. 

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Justícia social, antiracisme, visions a llarg termini, futurisme, disseny de futurs, transicions

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Carey, Hillary. «Disseny social somiat: especulacions quotidianes per a un canvi social». Temes de Disseny, 2023, núm. 39, p. 72-91, doi:10.46467/TdD39.2023.72-91.
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Hillary Carey, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design

Hillary Carey és formadora de lideratge en disseny i investigadora de doctorat. El seu àmbit d’estudi és l’aplicació dels punts forts del plantejament de problemes de disseny en el foment dels moviments per la justícia racial. A DesignDept.co orienta executius de disseny amb formació i tallers. També està completant la seva recerca de doctorat sobre disseny de futurs per a la igualtat racial al programa Transition Design de la Carnegie Mellon University. La seva tesi analitza com poden evolucionar les eines de futurisme per reflectir els valors de la igualtat. Està interessada en especial a saber si les visions de futurs millors poden atreure i mantenir l’interès de les persones a les transicions complexes necessàries per aconseguir el canvi. 

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