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Bridging epistemologies: Rethinking co-design practica rooted from local expertise in marginalizes slum communities of Indonésia and Mexico
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Este artículo examina críticamente la práctica del codiseño en comunidades urbanas marginadas mediante estudios de caso comparativos en Campana-Altamira (Monterrey, México) y Kampung Gedong Pompa (Yakarta, Indonesia). Con base en entrevistas en profundidad, reflexiones de campo y participación directa en talleres comunitarios, analizamos cómo las jerarquías epistémicas, las lógicas institucionales y los supuestos heredados sobre la experticia influyen en el diseño participativo en barrios informales. Ambas comunidades, aunque consideradas “marginadas”, están conectadas a infraestructuras tecnológicas y narrativas globales; sin embargo, suelen ser reducidas a receptoras pasivas de intervenciones externas. Nuestros hallazgos muestran que los esfuerzos de codiseño, aun bien intencionados, caen en patrones extractivos o paternalistas que no integran el conocimiento local. Pese a la retórica participativa, los procesos de diseño tienden a reproducir modelos centrados en actores externos si no hay un cambio epistemológico. Defendemos replantear el codiseño como un proceso recíproco y situado de aprendizaje, enraizado en la epistemología social y en la ontología de la intervención en cambio de comportamiento, que reconozca a las comunidades locales no como vacíos por llenar, sino como expertas de sus propias realidades. El artículo aborda las tensiones ontológicas y epistemológicas entre agendas institucionales y experiencia vivida, subrayando la necesidad de superar modelos universales hacia compromisos sensibles al contexto. Proponemos recomendaciones prácticas para futuros proyectos de codiseño, en especial los que involucran a actores académicos como estudiantes universitarios en servicio social. Este estudio aporta al desarrollo de enfoques de codiseño más equitativos y contextualizados, ampliando los esfuerzos por descolonizar el diseño participativo al situar la producción de conocimiento en las realidades y fortalezas del Sur Global.
Abstract : This paper critically examines the practice of codesign in marginalized urban communities through comparative case studies in Campana-Altamira (Monterrey, Mexico) and Kampung Gedong Pompa (Jakarta, Indonesia). Drawing on in-depth interviews, fieldbased reflections, and direct involvement in ongoing community-based workshops, we analyze how epistemic hierarchies, institutional logics, and inherited assumptions about expertise influence participatory design efforts in urban slums. Both communities, while considered “marginalized,” are highly connected to technological infrastructures and have access to global narratives; yet they are often reduced to passive recipients of externally driven interventions. Our findings reveal that codesign efforts, while wellintentioned, often fall into extractive or paternalistic patterns that fail to meaningfully integrate local knowledge. Despite the rhetoric of participation, design processes risk reproducing outsidercentric models unless epistemological shifts are made. We argue for reframing co-design as a recipro-cal and situated learning process rooted in social epistemology and behavior change intervention ontology—one that sees local communities not as knowledge gaps to be filled, but as experts of their own realities. The paper explores the ontological and epistemological tensions between institutional agendas and lived experience, emphasizing the need to move beyond universal models toward more contextsensitive engagements. We propose a set of actionable recommendations to guide future co-design projects, especially those involving academic actors such as university students conducting social service. This study contributes to the development of more equitable and contextually grounded approaches to co-design, broad-ening efforts to decolonize participatory design by situating knowledge production within the lived realities and strengths of the Global South.
Abstract : This paper critically examines the practice of codesign in marginalized urban communities through comparative case studies in Campana-Altamira (Monterrey, Mexico) and Kampung Gedong Pompa (Jakarta, Indonesia). Drawing on in-depth interviews, fieldbased reflections, and direct involvement in ongoing community-based workshops, we analyze how epistemic hierarchies, institutional logics, and inherited assumptions about expertise influence participatory design efforts in urban slums. Both communities, while considered “marginalized,” are highly connected to technological infrastructures and have access to global narratives; yet they are often reduced to passive recipients of externally driven interventions. Our findings reveal that codesign efforts, while wellintentioned, often fall into extractive or paternalistic patterns that fail to meaningfully integrate local knowledge. Despite the rhetoric of participation, design processes risk reproducing outsidercentric models unless epistemological shifts are made. We argue for reframing co-design as a recipro-cal and situated learning process rooted in social epistemology and behavior change intervention ontology—one that sees local communities not as knowledge gaps to be filled, but as experts of their own realities. The paper explores the ontological and epistemological tensions between institutional agendas and lived experience, emphasizing the need to move beyond universal models toward more contextsensitive engagements. We propose a set of actionable recommendations to guide future co-design projects, especially those involving academic actors such as university students conducting social service. This study contributes to the development of more equitable and contextually grounded approaches to co-design, broad-ening efforts to decolonize participatory design by situating knowledge production within the lived realities and strengths of the Global South.
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Descolonizando el diseño Co-diseño Sur global Conocimiento local Servicio social. Decolonizing design Co-design Global south Local knowledge Social service.
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ARISTI, Saviri [et al.] (2026) -Bridging epistemologies: Rethinking co-design practica rooted from local expertise in marginalizes slum communities of Indonésia and Mexico - Convergências : Revista de Investigação e Ensino das Artes. Vol. XIX, n.º 37, p. 57-66. DOI: 10.53681/c1514225187514391s.37.383
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IPCB. ESART