Some views on the relationship between design & dissent (mostly opinions from my students)

1. To design
is
to dissent

2. A key element: dissent is
not only to be in
disagreement with
someone else. It is to go
against a majority.
This is a defining condition

3. In Spanish, 'disentir' and
'diseñar' are adjacent in
the dictionary
- Benjamin Valencia

4. “Being able to recognise
where and how to dissent
is a decisive skill for any
designer who wants to
innovate”
- Miguel Angel Montiel

5. “When innovating in
society, a balance should
exist... we must consider
the consequences that
science and technology
may bring”
- Karen Resendiz

6. http://www.elche-cola.com/

7. Renata Montante

8. “Resistance to change is
(strong) because all
changes have
(unexpected)
consequences”
- Teresita Suarez

9. “We are committed to a
better world, and dissent...
can be the beginning to
act”
- Teresita Suarez

10. “Yes, we have a responsibility
to speak up when we are
upset by what's going on in
the world, but there are better
and worse ways to do it, from
both ethical and practical
perspectives. The goal of any
protest is a moral one: to
make things better.”
http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/aug2008/ca20080820_960713.htm
- Elizabeth Sanchez

11. “Dissent is the key to a
great power to propose
reasons and arguments to
promote change”
- Juanjo Navarro

12. “Complaining focuses on
the problem, dissent is the
root of the answers to that
problem”
- MA Macias

13. “In all successful cases,
the acceptance of new
ideas takes several years.
They were rejected and
modified during those
years”
- Mayela Magaña

14. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/SUNWHY.html

15. Societies do need dissent

16. But dissent is often
punished

17. In your social group:
Is it cool to dissent?

18. Dissenters are:
- punished before the change
- praised after the change

19. Too much dissent brings
chaos
Too little dissent brings
conformity

20. What is an
adequate dosis
of dissent?

21. What is an adequate dosis of protest?
http://www.barewitness.org/photoalbum/NoWar.jpg

22. http://vivirmexico.com/

23. Freedom fighter? Terrorist?
Terrorist? Freedom fighter?