Social Design at the Brink: Hopes and Fears.

Fonseca Braga, Mariana; M. C. van Amstel, Frederick; Perez, David

Abstract

This hybrid conversation aimed to creatively explore and define the current
and future roles and challenges of social design and designers in promoting positive
societal changes. Our approach was inspired by Paulo Freire’s culture circles, a
conversation method in which images are displayed and decoded through a discussion.
We aimed to critically explore and analyse the role of social design and designers in
light of the contradictions of our modern societies involving, for instance, democracy
threats and political polarisation, social inequalities, artificial intelligence/ignorance,
and immigration. This conversation also aimed to contribute to the development of a
social design Special Interest Group (SIG) proposal for the Design Research Society.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: DRS2024
• Start Date: Jun 23, 2024
• End Date: Jun 28, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Mar 25, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jun 24, 2024
• Publication Date: Jun 24, 2024
• Deposit Date: Nov 14, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 5, 2024
• Series Title: DRS Biennial Conference Series
• Book Title: DRS2024: Conversation
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1538