Strengthening local identity through Social Design strategic interventions

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Anna Lúcia S. V.
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Emilio Augusto Gomes de, Queiroz, André Carvalho de Lima, Cavalcante, Letícia dos Santos, Carneiro, Alexander
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Projética Revista Científica de Design
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/projetica/article/view/35161
• topic: Strategic interventions; Social Design; Local identity; Dispositivos estratégicos; Design social; Identidade local

This paper describes an applied research on the participatory development of strategic design interventions. The goal is to strengthen the local identity of a neighborhood in the city of Caucaia, Ceará. The local residents’ association detected a need for a design intervention concerning persons in a context of economic and environmental vulnerability. In order to bridge this gap, the Social Design laboratory developed collaborative interventions and methodologies, engaging the community in a process of recognition of their space and recovery of their history. Two main interventions were designed: the recovery of the neighborhood’s history, conducted with the help of the oldest residents, and a collaborative game, which used the map of the neighborhood as the game board. As a result, it is possible to verify a growing involvement of residents with the association and a process of cultural valorization.