Intangible Cultural Heritage as a factor of social development

Research from design for the generation of knowledge.

Abstract

The objective of this article is to show some investigative experiences that, from the Design have been carried out for the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), as part of the social development in vulnerable groups. Thus, Graphic Design and Industrial Design projects are shown that have promoted social development, through their interaction with communities, which has allowed participation in areas of the ICH such as traditional artisan techniques and social uses, rituals, and festive events.

Some of the most outstanding research results are presented, especially the benefits to the actors, who are, on the one hand, researchers and students who carry out the analysis of these manifestations, interacting with the communities, developing proposals from design and generating knowledge, on the other hand, the bearers of the heritage, that is, the communities that carry out festive or ritual acts and traditional social uses and groups of artisans.

In the educational context, methodological tools are provided for the analysis of the ICH safeguarding processes, which have been generated from the research on social design focused on the PCI, especially the preparation of inventories and the implementation of safeguarding strategies; thus visualizing the importance of introducing ICH topics in the academic-pedagogical areas for design and at its different levels.

For the elaboration of this article, some investigations are enunciated, where the results are contributions to the teaching-learning processes, which are incorporated into the academic areas of the different programs, Design, Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate. So that we can observe in this work, the dynamics that are established between the research areas and the academies and how through this work knowledge generation occurs and new strategies are established to tackle the problems of social development