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Reflections about design and humanism<br />

in the contemporaneous world<br />

Maria Cecília Loschiavo dos Santos<br />

Doctor on Philosophy by São Paulo University (Universidade de São Paulo - USP).<br />

Docent on the USP Architecture College, where she defended her thesis on freeteaching<br />

and where she is a full teacher on the Design Course. She works on the<br />

USP post-graduation programs – Architecture and Urbanism College (Faculdade de<br />

Aqrquitetura e Urbanismo – FAU) and Environmentalist Science Program (Programa<br />

de Ciência Ambiental – PROCAM). Post-Doctor by California University (Los<br />

Angeles), Nihon University (Tokyo) and Centre Canadien d’Architecture (Montreal).<br />

Visiting guest researcher by Waseda University, Tokyo Zokey University, Tama Art<br />

University, University of Tokyo (Tokyo) and Indian Habitat Center (New Delhi). She<br />

has experience on the Design area with emphasis on design’s theory, design for<br />

sustainability, Brazilian design, social design, social-spatial exclusion, homeless<br />

people and recyclable-waste-pickers.<br />

closchia@usp.br<br />

The present text derives from the conference given in the 4 th International Forum<br />

Design as a Process, carried out in the Minas Gerais State University (Universidade<br />

do Estado de Minas Gerais) in the year of 2012. It is a reflection about the challenges<br />

of design teaching and research in the contemporaneous world and their relations<br />

with the thematic of humanism. For that, we considered the following topics:<br />

What is the sense of thinking the humanism and its relations with design in the<br />

contemporaneous world? Humanism and Design in the Brazilian context: historical<br />

specificities and cultural inheritances. The feminine look to design and the humanist<br />

legacy of Gilda de Mello e Souza and Lina Bo Bardi.<br />

The word humanitas was created by Cicero, referring to the Roman people, who<br />

achieved their identity through the cultivation of letters and philosophy, becoming<br />

humanus. Since then, the construction of that concept varied due to historical<br />

Cadernos de Estudos Avançados em Design - design e humanismo - 2013 - p. 149-156<br />

149

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