Mahecha Vesga, Diana María, de la Rosa Munar, Juan Alfonso and Arias Herrera, Juan Carlos (2023) Figurations of a Shared Future: The exercise of creating collectively from images. In: Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design Volume: RSD12, 06-20 Oct 2023.

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Abstract

Weaving and knitting as an ancestral approach to reflecting and envisioning the future
Many indigenous communities in Latin America conceive weaving as a philosophical representation of the act of creation and the interconnectedness of our systemic reality. For them, weaving and embroiling are intrinsic to inhabiting a place and necessary to understand the world. This paper presents the experiences facilitated by a community in the town of Chía, Colombia, where the act of weaving and embroidering over photographs of their environment was used to establish conversations regarding the specific needs and intentions of a community.

This article presents the preliminary results of a research-through-creation project currently in development, which focuses on the collective creation of future envisioning with the community of the town of Chía in Cundinamarca, Colombia. The project attempts to overcome the urban visions of the future that we produce as a community, framed in certain common ideas of what is needed, such as mobility problems, infrastructure or the loss of public space, in order to empower communities to reflect on their common vision of a desirable future.

Item Type:	Conference/Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	systemic design, community, future, weaving (tangles)
Divisions:	Faculty of Design
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2026 20:44
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2026 20:45
URI:	https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4906

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