Ancestral technology ︎︎︎
We are building a series of case studies on culturally-rooted, locally-made ancestral technologies across multiple geographies in Colombia. Collaborators include farmers, Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant enclaves, and fisherman communities. ︎ 2021 - Present
MIT Media Lab | Diversa
Colombia
#PD #STS
MIT Media Lab | Diversa
Colombia
#PD #STS
Retos ︎︎︎
With the Retos platform, we solve for the long-standing problem of continuity in community-based initiatives in design and engineering. We provide a digital platform to document, access, and share key information on local innovation initiatives.︎ 2018 - Present
MIT Media Lab | Diversa
Colombia, Guatemala
#PD #UX/UI design
MIT Media Lab | Diversa
Colombia, Guatemala
#PD #UX/UI design
Diversa ︎︎︎
We are a design collective focused on co-designing rural infrastructure. We provice access to free, high quality technology design education in support of self-determination projects.
Human-Computer Interaction in Latin America ︎︎︎
We are exploring Colombian anthropologist Arturo Escobar’s concept of the pluriverse as a way to mediate the tensions in the way HCI knowledge is produced in Latin American geographies compared with sites in the Global North.
Value of the “Co” ︎︎︎
At a time where participation can be positively leveraged as well as negatively, we investigate the question of how we can increase our understanding of the value of participatory design approaches, spcecifically in the context of community-based initiatives.
Citational Justice ︎︎︎
In this project we investigate the question: how do you choose the works you cite when producing knowledge, and what does that choice entail? We do this through workshop facilitation and highly collaborative public writing.︎ 2021 - Present
MIT Media Lab
USA
#STS
MIT Media Lab
USA
#STS
