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Announcement RChD: Creación y Pensamiento Vol. 9, Nº 17| NOV 2024 | Open Topic. Deadline for full manuscript submission: July 31, 2024. 

Design, territory and narratives. New futures through pottery

Authors

  • Diego Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho Director, Innovando la Tradición, Colectivo 1050°, Oaxaca, México
  • Kythzia Barrera Suárez Directora, Innovando la Tradición, Colectivo 1050°, Oaxaca, México

Abstract

In this article we share the questions and intentions that have guided our journey as designers in the rural villages of Oaxaca, Mexico, during the last 15 years. We share the challenges and lessons that the clay artisans with whom we work, have given us. We consider them our teachers and the original designers from Mexico. We also present some reflections on the role of design in shaping the dominant narratives that give shape to the world, as well as escape routes to decolonize design into a truly significant practice for Latin America by, paradoxically, abandoning the territory of design to inhabit its margins.

Keywords:

clay, crafts, narratives, pottery, territory