| Title | Changing the How |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | First Steps Towards Critical Design Pedagogy |
| Contributor | Mira Schmitz (author) |
| Landing page | https://adocs.de/en/buecher/design-theorie-praxis-open-accessebooks/attending-futures-matters-politics-design-education-research-practice |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Mira Schmitz |
| Publisher | adocs publishing |
| Published on | 2023-10-01 |
| Long abstract | This workshop documentation mobilizes critical pedagogy to reflect on a workshop I held at the Attending [to] Futures conference that examined discriminatory messages in advertising in order to encourage self-reflexivity in a potential future workspace setting. Drawing on the works of bell hooks and Paulo Freire my aim is to question not only what we teach graphic design students but also how we teach (see hooks 194, 29–30). Understanding that “the educator needs educating” (Freire 2017, 27) and that education “as [a] practice of freedom is not just about liberatory knowledge, [but] about a liberatory practice” (hooks, 147) is crucial for creating more equitable, critical, and ethical classrooms. |
| Page range | pp. 253–257 |
| Print length | 5 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Media | 4 illustrations |
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Mira Schmitz (mira, they), a junior design researcher at KITE Design Research, questions hierarchical structures and likes to blur disciplinary boundaries. Their thematic focus is on sustainable transformation, critical design and intersectionality which emerged during their communication design studies, especially in Mira’s bachelor’s thesis at FH Aachen and master’s thesis “Mach[t]arten” at HTWG Konstanz. Having been active in diverse eco-social voluntary initiatives and projects, mira was often involved in developing alternative structures; e.g. in the HTWG student group Offen_Für which created various formats for sensitization, empowerment and exchange against discrimination. Previously, Mira worked as a research assistant in the HTWG’s diversity project and Green Office, the University of Konstanz’ field experiment related to class discrimination and held design workshops and a talk about intersectionality.