Communal production of images: communal work and indigenous memory

Wednesday June 17 8:00 am (UTC -5)

Indigenous communal worlds are inhabited by plurals, diverse and countless images that enable the reproduction of life, of parties, mourning and rites. This talk will present an introductory overview of the dynamics of communal work and of indigenous memory that imagine, recompose, produce and enjoy multiple manifestations of communal iconography.

Communalizing participation: Pluriversal co-research and co-design

Friday June 19 at 3:00 pm (UTC -5))

This talk develops a particular approach to participation(s) otherwise, based on a two-fold premise: first, that the imperative of selective de-globalization –clearer now than ever with the Convid-19 crisis–, requires not only the re- localization of productive activities but the re-communalization of social life within a relational perspective; second, that to the extent that design has a role in this process, it needs to be based on equally relational (non-dualist, decolonized) approaches to collaborative knowledge production that contributes to the communitizing group's autonomy. Thus recognized, “participation” becomes a problematizing practice at the interface of design and ontological politics.