Bridging the Divide: developing and applying design methodologies for cross-cultural collaboration

Funded by an AHRC Collaborative Skills Development Award, this one-day symposium and workshop was held at Central Saint Martins on Saturday 15th March 2014.

Bridging the Divide centred around the practice-based design research exhibition The Craft of Ubuntu: an Exploration of Collaboration through Making. The symposium brought together key practitioners in the area of design and craft collaboration in Africa to present and discuss developing and applying design research methodologies in different cultural contexts successfully and sustainably. The workshop offered 25 research students/ECRs the opportunity to engage directly with design professionals, other students and ECRs who have dealt with the challenges of carrying out design research in different contexts, particularly Africa.

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