Design in Development and Emergency Practice
Designing within the emergency and development context requires a deep understanding of the complexity of actors and agents in addition to the physical domain. The module aims to equip students with an understanding of the potential role of design and possible approaches they might take to engaging in this complex context. The intention is to support students on their journey to becoming reflective practitioners, rejecting prescribed solutions and instead building the skills to listen, learn, adjust, and adapt in the conditions of complexity and uncertainty typical of the contexts in which development practitioners work.
Using Forensic Architecture’s approach to analyzing events, students explored contexts of their choice, and developed videos to represent this information. Based on this foundation, theoretical frameworks were then applied and design proposals developed which responded to the analysis. The proposals range from participatory engagement plans, mapping of various stakeholders and how they might engage through drawings and representation of possible outcomes spatially, to temporary installations.
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Melissa Kinnear
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Ubada Muti
Annika Grafweg
Supriya Akerkar
Bill Flinn
Charles Parrack
Zoe Jordan
Scott Sworts
Yasmeen Lari
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Priya Addanki
Rayappan Chockalingam
Justin Collins
Kuhu Gupta
Mohammed Haj Salih
Tanya Haldipur
Dinesha Kanagasundaram
Adlina Marsya
Kirra Mccollum
Adrian Mpanga-Sempa
Mihaela Petkova
Sumaiya Shameem
Claudia Vesga
Jamillatul Zakariah