Empathy Lab: Ethical Principles Enquiry for Design Education

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Published: Aug 28, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7764/disena.17.106-127
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Ética, Investigación cualitativa, Pensamiento de diseño, Ciudadanía, Educación Ethics, Qualitative research, Design thinking, Citizenship, Education

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María Paula Barón Aristizábal
Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), Design Department
Margarita Echavarría Quinchia
Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), Design Department

Abstract

In this article, we describe the process of creating a toolkit intended to trigger a reflection on the ethical aspects of the design process in students, so that they can develop individual ethics. Following Wildevuur, Van Dijk and Schot, we understand the design process as a practice that requires awareness and openness, through exchanges that combine expectations and emotional ties that support identity, independence, and mutual recognition. Consequently, the toolkit proposes to face different academic challenges whose common aim is to include empathy in the different stages of a design project. Building from the iteration of the toolkit, we propose three new principles for the inclusion of ethics in the design process: admiration, commitment, and integrity. These principles expand the three concepts raised by IDEO ‒ respect, responsibility, and honesty, addressing a more emotional dimension of each.


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Barón Aristizábal, M. P., & Echavarría Quinchia, M. (2020). Empathy Lab: Ethical Principles Enquiry for Design Education. Diseña, (17), 106–127. https://doi.org/10.7764/disena.17.106-127
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No. 17 (2020): Affective-Driven Design: Emotions, Moods and Experiences as Catalysts for Socially Meaningful Design
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Original Articles (part 1)

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Author Biographies

María Paula Barón Aristizábal, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), Design Department

 

Designer, Universidad de los Andes. MA in Textiles, The Glasgow School of Art. She is an Assistant Professor in the Design Department of the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). Her research explores empathy, ethics, and narratives as disciplinary bases for the creation of desirable futures. She is a co-author of Building Trust: Questions to Create an Empathy-based Design Process (with M. Echavarría Quinchia; Uniandes, 2019). Among her latest publications stands out: ‘Can We Help as Designers to Build Relevant Spaces for Meaningful Dialogue through Storytelling as a Tool for Local Empowerment? A Case of Study in the Colombian Pacific’ (The Design Journal, Vol. 22, Sup. 1).

Margarita Echavarría Quinchia, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), Design Department

 

Industrial Designer, Universidad de Los Andes. MA in Design, University of New South Wales. She is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). As a researcher, she focuses on materials innovation, manufacturing, people’s emotional well-being, and empathy as a fundamental part of the design process. She is a co-author of: Building Trust: Questions to Create an Empathy-based Design Process (with M. P. Barón Aristizábal; Uniandes, 2019).

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