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The study deals with the process of construction of the project thought, in an empirical way, between artisans of Alcântara and of the Maranhense Lowlands (MA). Taking the practice of the exchange as a step of the methodological course, among the productive groups, it is possible to analyze specific characteristics of each artisan during the exchange of knowledge. The theoretical and methodological reflections adopted in the project development are based on the codesign, a project philosophy in which the designer acts as mediator and facilitator of processes in his field of research. Therefore, from the method, one searches for the need to follow a path, without goals defined a priori and, in this way, the field and the subjects of the research show us the direction to follow. In this way, it allows reflections on the mapping practice, generated by discourses and practices on the know-how in artisan communities, in the field of design. Thus, as a result, mapping were created as a product of the systematization of knowledge and actions during the course of research.