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@johnthackara
Futures of
Design Education
Pearl Academy / What‟s Next
New Delhi, 19 December 2014
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1 Drivers of Change WHY
2 Curriculum of the Future WHAT
3 Learners of the Future WHO
4 Pedagogy HOW
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1 Drivers of Change WHY
2 Curriculum of the Future WHAT
3 Learners of the Future WHO
4 Pedagogy HOW
+ the opportunity for business
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1. Drivers of Change (WHY)
One x 60
energy & resource intensity
One One
>> „development‟ >>
Peak credit
financialisation of energy and
resources
INFORMALISATION 65% of all workers by 2020
(OECD)
Shoe City, Ethiopia av.wage US$35
and impoverishment of the formal
“desert of the real”
perpetual growth ?
Céline Boyer
(DRIVERS)
new values
uniqueness of place
reconnecting with soils
reconnecting with rivers
reconnecting with biodiversity
value lies in that which cannot scale
place ecology craft
(re-)connecting through making
values now (re-)emerging >
The Great Turning
“the shift from
industrial growth society
to a
life-sustaining civilization”
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“A global transformation of values has
already begun...a sustainable society would be
welcomed by seventy percent of
world society”
2. Curriculum of the future (WHAT)
acting & thinking
at the scale of whole systems
catalysing
social-ecological systems
growing „transactional capacity‟
Crit, Mumbai
nurturing service ecologies
learning from informal economies
seeking out local ecological knowledge
urban
rural
connecting
biodiversifying the city
LANDSHARE UK connecting people and spaces in new ways
formal informal
3 LEARNERS (WHO)
in a social-ecological system,
we are all learners
Learners (WHO) example 1: Fibershed
fibre farmer
knitter
weaver
designer
seamstress
felter
spinner
cotton farmer
natural dyer
mill owner
shop keeper
web producer
certification
Wool & Fiber
Symposia
global knowledge ecosystem
Ravelry.com 5.5 million members
Xskool // Kanpur as Leathershed
„margin‟ today =
Herder $10 Bag $4,000
new concept of
„margin‟
health of land,
the people who
steward it, and
makers
before > after
Kanpur as Leathershed ?
WORK TO BE DONE
Mapping resources
New farm activities
Traceability
Service platforms / hubs
Tools and equipment
Knowledge sharing
“under what circumstances would
everyone in Kanpur‟s leather ecosystem
share responsibilties and benefits?”
Kanpur as Leathershed ?
WORK TO BE DONE
Mapping resources
New farm activities
Traceability
Service platforms / hubs
Tools and equipment
Knowledge sharing
stakeholders
land - water - cow - herder - agent - tanner
factory - wholesaler - designer - brand
e-commerce - retailer - user - holding
Learners (3): Urban freight
velowalah.org
swarm intelligence
5% resources
resilience
solidarity
4. Pegagogy (HOW)
HOW: curating
(don‟t discuss it - make it !)
HOW = learning journey guide
HOW =
talk
designing
HOW = knowledge curating
HOW = P2P accrediting
4. Pedagogy (HOW)
New jobs and livelihoods for
tomorrow‟s designers
“curator”
“talk designer”
“steward”
“host”
“convenor”
“gardener”
we‟re doing this for them @johnthackara