Organic methodology and feelthink machines

Abstract

In this article we will analyze the organic methodology of Iconoclasistas, a non-methodical method that consists of a set of cognitive artifacts, powerful in their simplicity and sustainable in their activation and analog dynamization. These are living tools, coupled with the dynamism of territorial processes and adaptable to the challenges imposed by the tactical perspective on each territory. We will go through the variants of this epistemological proposal to focus on the ways of doing, their ethical and aesthetic practices and the leading role those graphic artifacts were acquiring in the invention of moments of reflection and creation of collective knowledge.

First of all, we will describe the activation of collective mapping workshops, a space of popular hermeneutics that is constituted from the dialogue between central and peripheral knowledge, within the framework of a strongly visual register. The creation of maps collectively allows us to trace new paths, break down hegemonic stories and orient ourselves to build new narratives, as an expanded way of reading the world strategically and interpreting it. Next, we will reflect on new dimensions of work that Iconoclasistas have been incorporating in recent years. We refer to a set of playful tools, graphic resources or visual elements called feelthink machines; a set of geometric diagrams of simple design, optimal to promote reflection and organize collective knowledge in workshop spaces. These diagrams are crystallized in schemes to be completed individually or collectively and from various dynamizations, and cover a series (in permanent growth) that adjusts to the reflective contexts and objectives of the workshop. Finally, we will identify a series of challenges and obstacles that may appear during the development of collaborative research spaces.