This is a presentation of a paper that presents a case study of the Megafônicas’s system, an event platform that can be used as a tool in improving the social cohesion amongst design students, and its capacity to enhance local and national political engagement through an equal struc-ture. It proves to be a flexible manner to analyze, discuss and propose solutions to ever-emerging issues and problems, serving as a necessary complementary to design education’s traditional fixed structures, as well as a horizontal way of introducing con-tent and stimulating debates in a different and more captivating way. 1. Andrade E de, Nicolaiewsky M, Rego M. Megafônicas: Enabling platform event for local discussion on education improvement. In: LeNS Conference: Sustainability NOW.Vol II. Bangalore: Greenleaf Publishing Limited; 2010:1072-1080.

1. Megafônicas
Enabling platform event for local
discussion on education improvement
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2. Sustainability in Education
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3. Design Education in Brazil
Public, Private, Market x Academy.
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4. Student movement
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5. N Design
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6. Megafônicas
Megafônicas’s system, an event platform that can be used as a tool in improving the
social cohesion amongst design students, and its capacity to enhance local and
national political engagement through an equal structure.
Megafônicas | Enabling platform event for local discussion on education improvement • LeNS Conference Sustainability NOW! • Bangalore • 2010
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7. 2004-2007
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8. 2008-2009
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9. 2008-2009
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10. Research
A qualitative research was run in June 2010 aiming to clarify the impact of the
MGF’ events locally and verify its role on the observed results.
The research happened in 3 main phases:
(1) Analysis of the MGF registers;
(2) Interview with the organization committee's members and mediators of
MGFs and questionnaire for MGF’s participants;
(3) Interview, questionnaire and results analysis.
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11. One topic
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12. Three subjects
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13. Round Tables
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14. Mediators
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16. R1
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17. R1
R2
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18. R3
R1
R2
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19. R3
R3 R1
R2
R1 R1
R3
R2
R2
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20. How to Organize
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21. Case Study
UNESP - Bauru (São Paulo - Brazil)
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22. UNESP+MGF
• were organized as a parallel activity (not part of the
formal university schedule);
• were organized by students for students;
• aimed the discussions of their own education and
stimulated a pro-active behavior of the students,
namely the freshman's;
• Enhancement of the cohesion amongst the student,
• Engagement on initiative and extra-class project,
• Student political participation’ growth in the
university
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23. Enhancement of the cohesion
• Integrated events, i.e. Parties, seminars and workshops
organized by the students for all students of the
course instead of one particular habilitation;
• Maintenance of students communication and
mobilization formats such as a free access Wiki that
registers the students’ activities and actions;
• Reinforcement of the university identity and
community by the constant presence in national and
regional design events.
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24. Engagement on projects
• It is evidenced by the increasing amount of engaged
students:
• in event organization and staff (N Design, R Design,
Inters and academic weeks )
• that have applied for the Junior Company and to
support Student Council activities.
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25. Student political participation
• The opening of the UNESP student council in UNESP;
• The student participation in the student national
actions;
• The student participation in the Cone Design.
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26. 1+1
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27. 1 + 1= : )
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28. Valeu rei!
Thank you
Grazie
Obrigado
Danke
Dankzij
Gracias
ध"यवाद
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