O design na complexidade: estratégias colaborativas na rede de associações Programa UFCSUS - Escola José Bonifácio de Sousa - Comunidade Planalto Pici

Abstract

This research analyses the structure of Programa UFCSUS employing Research Through Design, Complexity and Network academics, and collaborative strategies and principles from action research of Participatory Design. This study proposes a reflection on Design methods directed towards social innovation, focusing on the mapping of associations between people, spaces and objects through the use of diagrams, aiming for a shared comprehension of the networks that constitute the project. Programa UFCSUS is an internship project within Universidade Federal do Ceará, in the Public Health field, which opened the possibility for Design to act as an agent of social innovation, as a mediator of the strenghtening of associations present in the heterogeneous social body that constitutes the network in which Programa UFCSUS is inserted, since there is a demand for better communication among the social spaces and actants involved: the Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), with its Odontology undergraduates and professionals, interns and volunteers of Programa UFCSUS; and the Planalto Pici Community, with families and school workers within the school Escola José Bonifácio de Sousa. The difficulty to reach the children’s families, due to several factors, and the absence of a smooth communication between the social spaces and actants compromises the dental care provided for the children and the effectivity of health promotion, one of the main goals of Programa UFCSUS. Through an experimental participative laboratory with the involved groups, this research aims to manage the complexity of the associations within the network around Programa UFCSUS.