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Strengthening local identity through Social Design strategic interventions

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)

Authors: Silva, Anna Lúcia dos Santos Vieira e, Oliveira, Emilio Augusto Gomes de, Queiroz, André Carvalho de Lima, Cavalcante, Letícia dos Santos, Carneiro, Alexander Catunda

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Urban Development and Cultural Heritage

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7120767965

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