Navigating possible design transitions towards the pluriverse: Papanek, Escobar and Irwin's thoughts

Navigating possible design transitions towards the pluriverse: Papanek, Escobar and Irwin's thoughts

Betts, Bárbara Alves; Couto, Rita Maria de Souza

Artigo:

This article is based on the discussion about the possible transitions towards the Pluriverse following the ideas of Terry Irwin from Carnegie Mellon University, Arturo Escobar from University of North Carolina and Victor Papanek, one of the first designers to bring this subject to the spotlight during the 1970's. In his studies, Arturo Escobar presents a summarized diagram of his viewpoint on where Design stands when related to natural systems. This diagram points out what he's calling the Designs for the Pluriverse - and its relation to the transition Irwin mentions in her featured article called Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design, Practice, Study, and Research. Irwin (2015) emphasizes the need of addressing what is known as the wicked problems faced by the entire world in the 21st century. Some of those are concerns once related to Design and pointed out by Papanek 50 years ago, while others were increased with the advent of globalization and the development of capitalism. The reflection proposed by this paper is to question how interdisciplinary relations between design, education, sustainability can play important roles in the transition towards the Pluriverse, taking into consideration the Latin and the global south epistemologies.

This article is based on the discussion about the possible transitions towards the Pluriverse following the ideas of Terry Irwin from Carnegie Mellon University, Arturo Escobar from University of North Carolina and Victor Papanek, one of the first designers to bring this subject to the spotlight during the 1970's. In his studies, Arturo Escobar presents a summarized diagram of his viewpoint on where Design stands when related to natural systems. This diagram points out what he's calling the Designs for the Pluriverse - and its relation to the transition Irwin mentions in her featured article called Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design, Practice, Study, and Research. Irwin (2015) emphasizes the need of addressing what is known as the wicked problems faced by the entire world in the 21st century. Some of those are concerns once related to Design and pointed out by Papanek 50 years ago, while others were increased with the advent of globalization and the development of capitalism. The reflection proposed by this paper is to question how interdisciplinary relations between design, education, sustainability can play important roles in the transition towards the Pluriverse, taking into consideration the Latin and the global south epistemologies.

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DOI: 10.5151/mxriodc2023-033

Referências bibliográficas

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• [3] Irwin, T. (2015). Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design Practice, Study, and Research. Design and Culture, 7(2). Disponível em: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rfdc20
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Como citar:

Betts, Bárbara Alves; Couto, Rita Maria de Souza; "Navigating possible design transitions towards the pluriverse: Papanek, Escobar and Irwin's thoughts", p-458-467. In: 10º MXRio Design Conference 2023. São Paulo: Blucher, 2023.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/mxriodc2023-033