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Setembro 2025, vol.13, num.1 - 12º Congresso Internacional de Design da Informação
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Design for Emergencies: Activating Communities in Emergency Management, Through Information Design

Diseño para Emergencias: Activando a las comunidades en la Gestión de Emergencias, a través del Diseño de Información

Carlson, Clinton; Ramírez, Rodrigo

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Comunidades locais enfrentam diversos desafios decorrentes da rápida evolução de desastres. Esses cenários apresentam desafios complexos de comunicação localizada que exigem ferramentas para a tomada de decisões coletivas e uma comunicação mais clara das prioridades locais. Este artigo explora o valor da combinação de conhecimento em design de informação com design de inovação social como meio de cocriação por meio da comunidade. Ele define ferramentas que auxiliam as comunidades locais no planejamento de gestão de emergências e auxiliam na comunicação de suas necessidades e prioridades às agências regionais ou nacionais de Redução/Gestão de Desastres. Além disso, por meio de um estudo de caso, evidencia como uma iniciativa prática de design para emergências está sendo formada, por meio de uma iniciativa de workshop participativo que busca ativar as comunidades. Como uma experiência em andamento, essa pesquisa aplicada gera discussões e conclusões preliminares.

Local communities are confronting diverse challenges emerging due to rapidly evolving disasters. These scenarios present complex localized communication challenges that require tools for collective decision-making and clearer communication of local priorities. This paper explores the value of combining information design knowledge with social innovation design as a means of co-creating through community. It defines tools that assist local communities in emergency management planning and aid in communicating their needs and priorities to regional or national Disaster Reduction/Management agencies. Also, through a case study it evidences how a practical design initiative for emergencies is being formed, through a participatory workshop initiative that seeks to activate communities. As an experience in progress, such applied research generates discussion and preliminary conclusions.

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DOI: 10.5151/cidi2025-1091800

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Carlson, Clinton; Ramírez, Rodrigo; "Design for Emergencies: Activating Communities in Emergency Management, Through Information Design", p-2102-2115. In: . São Paulo: Blucher, 2025.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/cidi2025-1091800

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