Since the turn of the millennium, participatory designers have increasingly begun to engage in collaborative research processes in the so-called Global South, targeting sustainable development. The quest is to take on the larger challenges through cooperative work, and such a design process is here referred to as Global North-South cooperation. This research explores how participatory design and designers can contribute to sustainable development targeting the UN’s SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals. The work has been executed in cooperation with multiple actors where participants from a local community of practice in Kenya, Jua Kali, have played a prominent role.
Opponent:
Dr Yongqi Lou, professor, Tongji University, Shanghai
Exam Board:
Dr. Mugendi K. M’Rithaa, designer, professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Sydafrika
Dr Maria Jose Zapata Campos, professor, Göteborgs forskningsinstitut, GRI, Göteborgs universitet
Henrietta Palmer, designer, forskare, tidigare konstnärlig professor vid Chalmers tekniska universitet
Chair: Professor Elena Raviola, HDK-Valand
Supervisors: Professor Maria Nyström Reuterswärd och professor emerita Lisbeth Svengren Holm.
The thesis will be available in full text as pdf in GUPEA from 17 September, as well as in print.
The public defense will be held in English.
