Design for Resilience:Mapping the Needs of Brazilian Communities to Tackle COVID-19 Challenges

Fonseca Braga, Mariana and Romeiro Filho, Eduardo and L.O. Mendonça, Rosângela Míriam and Gomes Ribeiro de Oliveira, Lorena and Galvão Guimarães Pereira, Haddon (2020) Design for Resilience:Mapping the Needs of Brazilian Communities to Tackle COVID-19 Challenges. Strategic Design Research Journal, 13 (3). pp. 374-386. ISSN 1984-2988

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the urgency in the search for innovative solutions in different areas of knowledge to mitigate the effects and impacts of the disease, whether on health, social or economic terms. Urban and socio-economic determinants of informal-settlement communities make COVID-19 challenges even harder to be overcome, requiring local and situated solutions that consider their livelihood diversity. This manuscript shows the results of an exploratory pilot study which addressed the potential of participatory design to contribute to mitigating COVID-19 effects and impacts, identifying the problems, adaptative strategies, challenges for and needs of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte communities. It was drawn from triangulation of methods and analysis of multiple (primary and secondary) data sources. The needs of communities were raised through online roundtables with community members, representatives of NGOs, designers, architects and researchers. Analysis of the roundtables was conducted collaboratively by the researchers through online tools, including Affinity Mapping, and 5 Whys. The findings point out the needs of communities clustered in 6 major themes, five of which indicate potential areas in which participatory design can play a meaningful role and need to be further investigated.

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Journal Article
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Strategic Design Research Journal
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151675
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12 Feb 2021 15:10
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Published
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