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PAPERS: Public Design Education: Plural Practices and Situated Teaching and Learning Location: Appleton Tower, LT1 Zoom Link Session Chair: Luis Garcia, Carnegie Mellon University | |
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Beyond Assumptions: Identity Mapping as a Tool for Inclusive Public Design Learning 1: Independent researcher; 2: Carleton University Recent studies in Design Education emphasize the importance of teaching Design as a contextually situated practice, and ways for leveraging local knowledges and embracing plural epistemologies. Within this framework, it becomes crucial for designers to be able to acknowledge their own assumptions, biases, and identities and how they influence their design decisions when dealing with cultural complexity. Yet, an effective practice for cultivating this awareness, defined as critical self-reflection, remains underexplored in Design Education. This paper aims to outline key ways to foster the practice of critical self-reflection in teaching and learning Public Design. Drawing on interviews with design educators, this study introduces the pedagogical approach of Identity Mapping—which helps students to surface hidden layers of identity and bias. The findings contribute to strengthening Public Design Education by articulating perspectives that highlight contextual understanding and inclusivity, hence, cultivating a more thoughtful and socially responsive design practice. | |
