Slow Design in collaborative fashion design practice with Kaingang women artists: tensions from the decolonial perspective

Abstract

The aim of this research is to identify tensions present in collaborative practice of fashion design with women artists of the Kaingang ethnic group from the Kamé Kanhru Association and the principles of slow design by decolonial perspective. To this end, a bibliographical research was carried out with application of a semi-structured interview to a Kaingang focus group and the subsequent workshop experience, with the use of photographic and textual records in a field diary. The data collected was analyzed in a descriptive and qualitative-inductive way. As for the results, it was possible on the “Evolve” stage to relativize both the “guiding principles” of slow design and the “structuring pairs” of the subjects involved, as well as to verify both the good receptivity of the visual references by the indigenous artists and the interference of external influences in the social dynamics, habits and cultural customs of this community.