Everyday acts of design : learning in a time of emergency /

"From 2016-2018, teachers and students at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil found themselves at the center of a crisis. A new right-wing government suspended payment of staff salaries and student scholarships and stopped funding basic maintenance. Through a multitude of voices, thi...

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Main Authors: Anastassakis, Zoy (Author), Martins, Marcos, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Martins, André Jobim (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022.
Series:Designing in dark times.
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Summary:"From 2016-2018, teachers and students at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil found themselves at the center of a crisis. A new right-wing government suspended payment of staff salaries and student scholarships and stopped funding basic maintenance. Through a multitude of voices, this book tells the story of how the university's design school reacted to the crisis: not with despondency or despair, but by embracing hope and promoting a series of radical teaching experiments. Case histories provide alternatives to conventional forms of design teaching, proving that education can be a site for democracy and the practice of freedom"--
Physical Description:xxiv, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350162396
1350162396
9781350162402
135016240X