This year the ESDA DESIS SD DAYS were held for the third time at ESDA in Zaragoza, Spain.
It should be noted that, for the first year, this on-site meeting is integrated within the trajectory of the new DESIS Cluster on "Practice and education in social design change from the margins".. Founded by our ESDA DESISD Lab and Francesco Mazzarella (UAL). The Cluster holds other virtual meetings during the year, always open to the whole DESIS community.
The event focused on Social Design Education, and 37 of the 70 teachers participated. We were honoured to have Lorraine Gamman (DESIS and CSM Crime Design Office, UAL), Yanki Lee (Enable Foundation, Hong Kong, and Linnaeus University), Francesco Mazzarella (Center for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, UAL), Nicos Souleles (Art+Design: elearning lab - Design for Social Change, DESIS Cyprus University of Technology), Bori Fehér (SDN, MOME University, Budapest), Susan Melsop (DESIS Lab Ohio State University) and Canan Akoglu (DESIS, Kolding School of Design, Denmark). Everything was organised by the ESDA DESIS Lab Core Team (Alberto Franco Jose Chávez and Cecilia Casas). This year we had the collaboration of LAAAB, Open Government of Aragon. And with the stellar performance of Muralla "Urban Music", the perfect finale for the conference.
First of all, we had a welcome address recorded by Teresa Franqueira and a significant reflection of Ezio Manzini on the importance of the role of making social innovation also from the margins. This was followed by talks, workshops, a social design exhibition with the work of students from the last term, and a final panel.
Several perspectives emerged around the same topic: social design education. Everyone contributed their point of view and it was a very enriching experience.
The hottest topics were:
- Empathy and how to achieve it (the importance of active listening)
- Tools and methods for different aspects of social design education.
- The way through: Designing for people...Designing with people...Designing by people...Designing like others.
- How to integrate SDG 2030 into design curricula as a way to get started.
- New ideas emerged related to building trust and commitment of the participants.
Unresolved questions were also raised, such as: the importance of communicating context to students to avoid "parachuting" and colonising attitudes, or what will be the career path of a student who uses the knowledge of his or her speciality to make design with a positive social impact.
Thanks to all of you who made it possible, you are legion.
We look forward to the next online meeting of the Cluster, which will be announced shortly.
If you are interested in attending and are not yet on the mailing list, please let us know: Cecilia Casas Romero. ccasas@esda.es
ESDA DESIS Lab
Photos by: Lucía Rodríguez, Pablo Calvo, Ismael Larraz and Andrés Jarabo.
DESIS CLUSTER on-site meeting at III ESDA DESIS Social Design Days: Education on Social Design from the Margins
This year the ESDA DESIS SD DAYS took place for the third time at the ESDA in Zaragoza, Spain. It is remarkably that, for the first year, this on-site meeting is embedded in the work of the new DESIS Cluster on "Practice and Education in Social Design Change from the Margins". The cluster celebrates other virtual meetings during the year, always open to the whole DESIS community. This year at the event , the focus was on Education in social design, and 37 out of 70 teachers participated.
This year we were honoured to have Lorraine Gamman (DESIS and Design Against Crime Office at CSM, UAL), Yanki Lee (Enable Foundation, Hong Kong, and Linnaeus University), Francesco Mazzarella (Center for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, UAL), Nicos Souleles (Art+Design: elearning lab - Design for social change. DESIS Cyprus University of Technology), Bori Fehér (Social Design Network, MOME University, Budapest), Susan Melsop (DESIS Lab Ohio State University) and Canan Akoglu (DESIS, Kolding Design School, Denmark). Everything was organised by the ESDA DESIS Lab Core Team (Alberto Franco, Jose Chávez and Cecilia Casas).
First, we had a recorded welcome by Teresa Franqueira and a meaningful reflection by Ezio Manzini on the importance of the role of doing social innovation also from those who are "on the margins". Then, we had talks, workshops, a social design exhibition with the students' work from the last term, and a final panel.
We had several perspectives wrapped around the same theme: Education in Social Design. Each of us brought a different point of view and it was a really enriching experience.
This year the hottest topics were:
1.Tools and methods for different aspects of social design education
2.Empathy and how to achieve it (the importance of active listening)
3.The way across: Design for people...Design with people...Design by people...Design as others
4.Also, how to embed SDG 2030 in design curricula as a way to start.
5.New ideas emerged related to building trust and engagement of participants.
There were also unresolved issues that were also raised, such as:
- The importance of communicating the context to students to avoid 'parachuting' and colonising attitudes.
- What will be the career path of a student involved in or learning SD, if any?
We are looking forward to the next e-meeting of the Cluster, which will be announced soon!
If you are interested in attending and are not yet on the mailing list, let us know: Cecilia Casas Romero. ccasas@esda.es
ESDA DESIS Lab.
Credits:
Photos by Lucía Rodríguez, Pablo Calvo, Ismael Larraz and Andrés Jarabo.
