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february 2009 fieldwork

Arrived in Cancún yesterday afternoon. It was a good trip – smooth, uneventful in terms of travel, and very pleasant. I attribute much of this to such a good group of people.
Date :07 Feb
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Field research: February 2009

In early February we’ll be working in Felipe Carrillo Puerto and the area around the Sian Ka’an Biosphere reserve. We’re currently developing materials for a hands-on artisan workshop. The majority of this visit will be to familiarize us with this project,...
Date :26 Jan
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reading: entrepreneurship, honey

>When Chocolate Is a Way of Life  A group of cacao farmers in Ecuador have become the world’s most unusual chocolate entrepreneurs by making and marketing their own chocolate. All About Bees Green Porno from the Sundance Channel Haagen Dazs: Help the Honey Bees Imagine a world...
Date :06 Nov
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Potter Devoted to Clean Water

Ron Rivera, Potter Devoted to Clean Water, Dies at 60 September 14, 2008 in the NY Times Mr. Rivera pioneered ceramic water filters that cut in half the incidence of diarrhea, a leading cause of death in the third world, especially among children.Read the NY Times Article.
Date :16 Sep
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Mapping Our Projects

Our community is made up of designers, collaborators, project participants – all forming a partnership to work on projects for the social good. Using googleMaps, we locate our project sites in Mexico.
Date :14 Sep
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Design Thinking is everywhere

Design Thinking is EverywhereLately, I’ve been coming across more and more organizations and people who are promoting innovation, design, and thinking differently as a way to make change. It’s not that we haven’t all known this all along, it’s just that it...
Date :24 Aug
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about social design

The projects represented here – our “social design research projects” – are exactly this: projects designed and produced for communities by designers who have identified compelling problems – in their own environments or in contexts that they believe they can have an...
Date :29 Jul
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Immigration in Yucatan

It is estimated that 153,000 yucatecans immigrate. Many to neighboring Quintana Roo to work in tourism and related industries. Most immigrate to the United States from rural towns and are of Maya heritage. In San Francisco, there is even an area called “Maya Town.”
Date :27 Jul
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Hach Ki’i Ka’ab orange juice

To develop an identity, business system, and packaging for “Hach Ki’i Ka’ab” orange juice, a product of Cooperativa Cuauhtémoc in Quintana Roo.
Date :27 Jul
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how do you say ‘Got Milk’ en español?

Grupo Gallegos, a Spanish-language advertising firm, is trying to figure out how to market American brands to a diverse Hispanic immigrant population. Will they buy it? By CYNTHIA GORNEY. Published September 23, 2007 in the NY Times. > Read the article.
Date :31 Oct
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what’s in a name?

One of the new challenges of this project is selecting a name for the honey, a product of 4 cooperatives, that we can trademark in Mexico. Because the producers are Maya and the product is one the Maya in general identify closely with, not to mention most people in Yucatán, one...
Date :30 Oct
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honey bee crisis in the US

CBS Television program “60 Minutes” has an excellent segment on the honey bee crisis in the US. Honey bees are responsible for the pollination of approximately 1/3 of US crops. They are the “unsung heroes” of agriculture according to host Steve Croft....
Date :30 Oct
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About D4D

D4D is a lab for codesigning with people in communities, valuing situated knowledge, and seeking to where and in ways not traditionally available to those who are trained as designers. Founded by Maria Rogal, its purpose now is to foster horizontalidad within design education and practice in order to aid students and designers to expand their knowledge base, skill sets, and mindset to approach our work with respect, reciprocity, and humility, decentering design. Since 2003, Maria’s  design research has incorporated codesign and dialogue in an ongoing effort to address power imbalances, particularly among Indigenous and marginalized communities.

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