Creative bilingual graphic and industrial designer with seven years of research experience focusing on social and participatory design and intercultural education. Two years of experience with undergraduate instruction in visual communication. Strong record of designing multi-cultural communicational experiences with emphasis on visual and ethnographic research. Experienced in the graphic art and publication field. Skilled in multi-tasking and managing time and proficient with analog and digital technology.
¨Respectful design presents the challenge of addressing natural systems by thinking more deeply, divergently and connectively through design¨
Norman W. Sheeha
¨The role of humans was not only to be in the world, but to engage in relations with the world -that through acts of creation and re-creation, humans makes cultural reality and thereby adds to the natural world,which they did not make¨.
Paulo Freire
Regarding my positionality I am a woman; mother and Ecuadorian designer who identifies as mestizo. The context of the place where I was raised includes the consequences of colonization of the indigenous peoples and their heritage, which has been outright denied, especially in the urban environment. In my immediate surroundings, I perceive elements that come from an indigenous heritage; for example, the language that I speak includes words and grammar adopted from the Kichwa language. I maintain traditional knowledge primarily through food preparation and the use of medicinal herbs, which I use to take care of myself in my home. However, with education, as with other systems, I recognize the lack of resources that allow for the re-creation of an indigenous identity and a sense of pride in this cultural heritage. I feel that as mestizos, we have forgotten a large part of our culture, and I wonder if “it is possible for mestizos to remember our Indigenous heritage but without reproducing mestizo dominance and privilege? It is time for us to remember (Albarran: 2019)”.
Lucía Garcés Dávila 