Design education and design research certainly contribute to the rethinking of the political conditions of the present. It is therefore worth trying to question studio-based pedagogy as a tool to delineate the investigative territories of design through new projections of “otherness”. The paper will address the contents and outcomes of three pedagogical experiences based on the exploration of multiple cultural sites, historical narratives and searches for alterity.
Leyla Belkaïd Neri, Dr. Prof., is Director of Fashion Design Department and Assistant Professor of anthropology and design practice at Parsons Paris, the European campus of Parsons School of Design – The New School, New York.