SYSTEMIC DESIGN: AN EDUCATIONAL ACTION
SYSTEMIC DESIGN: AN EDUCATIONAL ACTION
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https://doi.org/10.29183/2447-3073.MIX2026.v12.n2.134-155Keywords:
Systemic Design, Systemic Thinking, Wicked Problems, Teaching Learning, Graphic DesignAbstract
This article presents the teaching-learning experience developed in the Systemic Design course within the Graphic Design program at the Federal University of Paraná. Its aim is to showcase the course's methodological construction and foster reflections on training designers capable of collaborating with governance models that overcome the unsustainability of the status quo. Co-authored with students who participated in this process, the text also seeks to evaluate the course's dialogical structure, the breadth of concepts addressed, and the effectiveness of learning through active methodologies in partnership with governmental agents. The methodological approach combined the use of Gigamapping for complex system mapping, technical visits to public institutions, and the collective construction of a glossary aimed at mediating exogenous interdisciplinary technical terms. This was complemented by thematic seminars conducted by the students themselves, focusing on conceptual deepening and the critical application of the content covered throughout the course
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