Local design in the global south

Angus Donald Campbell; Martin Bolton; Ashton Bullock; José Antonio Marín Pacheco

Local design in the global south

Angus Donald Campbell
, Martin Bolton
, Ashton Bullock
, José Antonio Marín Pacheco

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Chapter in an edited book (as author) › Academic research › peer-review

Abstract

South Africans suffer within one of the most unequal societies in the world. However, even the most marginalized people are not without creativity. By partnering with local experts, design can be used to amplify creative activities and achieve appropriate endogenous change. Local design challenges the ethnocentric view of the world brought about through modernization, and hence plays particular interest to our local context, cultural diversity and local needs. In this project, researchers and designers involved in the Design Society Development (DSD) DESIS Lab based in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg partner with local experts to: - better understand how people act within the limitations of their particular social, cultural, economic, political and environmental contexts. - explore the ingenuity of everyday expert / lay / informal designers to meet their needs.- utilise collaborative context-centred design as a means to practically extend human capabilities.- practically explore the decolonisation of design in the Global South.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ReVeDA
Subtitle of host publication	An Investigation of Research by Art, Design and Media in Cumulus Association
Place of Publication	Ry, Finland
Publisher	Cumulus (International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media)
Pages	128-129
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-7549-00-1
Publication status	Published - May 2023
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Global South
Local Design
Social Innovation
Sustainability
Appropriate Technology
Capabilities approach
Human-centred Design
Lay design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Development
Management of Technology and Innovation
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Campbell, A. D., Bolton, M., Bullock, A., & Marín Pacheco, J. A. (2023). Local design in the global south. In ReVeDA: An Investigation of Research by Art, Design and Media in Cumulus Association (pp. 128-129). Cumulus (International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media). https://cumulusassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ReVeDA-Final_singlepage_interactive.pdf

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Local design in the global south. / Campbell, Angus Donald; Bolton, Martin; Bullock, Ashton et al.
ReVeDA: An Investigation of Research by Art, Design and Media in Cumulus Association. Ry, Finland: Cumulus (International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media), 2023. p. 128-129.

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Chapter in an edited book (as author) › Academic research › peer-review

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