Objeto Manifiesto or Manifest Object
is a Design Research Dissertation exploring the capabilities of objects in social movements. From a historic to a digital etnographic aproach this project dives into contemporary feminist movements in Mexico and their use of scarves as a way of political discourse. Lastly, a semiotic analysis takes place to tie in the insights obtained from the research to present the Manifest Object as a new category of Design Objects.
Key Words:
Ethnographic Research, Feminist Movements, Semiotic Research, Protest, Feminist Methodologies of Research in Design, Data Visualization.
The presented body of work was developed as a dissertation for the Industrial Design Master at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Awards:
Honorable Mention on Excellence in the Dissertation Defense
Nomination for the Alfonso Caso Medallion for Best Dissertation of the Year
Presentations:
Permanent Seminar of Gender Anthropology at Centro de Estudios Antropológicos (Center of Anthropologic Studies) UNAM
Permanent Seminar ‘Caleidoscopio’ at Museo del Chopo
25N Seminar Against Women’s Violence UNAM
7M CIDI Industrial Design Center of Investigation UNAM
Link to Dissertation: http://132.248.9.195/ptd2022/septiembre/0830480/Index.html
