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Design, social innovation and peace: experiences from the Amazon-Orinoquía border in Colombia (2018-2019)

2020; UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE LONDRINA; Volume: 11; Issue: 3esp. Linguagem: Inglês

10.5433/2236-2207.2020v11n3esp.p109

2236-2207

Jairo Ernesto Luna-García, Maria Bolivar, Emilio Alejandro Alméciga Mora, Manuel Francisco Berdugo Sánchez, Laura Natalia Carrero Ángel, Diego Alexander Carreño Rodríguez, Diana C. Pinzón, Angélica María Chaves Hernández, Juan José Clavijo Castiblanco, Felipe Franco González, María Camila Galeano Melo, Fausto Andrés García Urueña, Andrea Hernández Galvis, Yenny Alejandra Jiménez Mariño, Andrés Javier Jiménez Martínez, Paulo Roberto Pachón Serna, Angie Stefanny Patiño Gutiérrez, Paula Daniela Peña Rivera, Cristian Fernando Porte Ocampo, Jorge Hernando Preciado García, Daniela Sánchez Buitrago, Laura Catalina Torres Avendaño, Dubán Ricardo Vargas Jaimes, Clara Fernández, José A. Vega,

Higher Education and Sustainability

As a contribution to the implementation of the Peace Agreements in Colombia, an accompaniment initiative has been developed from the discipline of industrial design for the promotion of productive and social projects, aimed at supporting the process of reinstatement of former combatants of the FARC EP guerrilla in the department of Guaviare.The objective is to support the construction of Peace from the design activity as a strategic element in social development through innovation dynamics and strengthening productive processes of grassroots economy, articulating the dynamics and interests of communities and government institutions in the local development.The methodology used was the Co-design process among teams of students, FARC EP ex-combatants and community members in order to formulate and develop productive projects and social development linked to the Territorial Training and Reincorporation Space Jaime Pardo Leal ("Espacio Territorial de Capacitación y Reincorporación Jaime Pardo Leal" in Spanish), in the village of Colinas, municipality of San José del Guaviare -Colombia.As a result the group have been working on five projects: agro ecology, production of capsicum jam, tourism, dairy and education and culture, all of them aimed at strengthening productive and social development initiatives.In this way this experience has allowed students to open up a dimension of how relevant the design in the social field can be, identifying problems and opportunities for contribution from design