Green | January 07, 2010 | 2 comments

Ocean University: The Scholar Ship

source: http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/ocean_university_all_minds_on_deck_by_arturo_pelay...

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"Imagine developing design work and traveling the world at the same time, amongst an international community of thinkers and makers. Over four months, your group will travel by sea to several countries, where you will connect with local communities, gain insights into a wide array of design problems, and better understand the global condition through firsthand experience.
As we better learn how to design with the 90% and not just for them, hands-on study trips to developing countries are gaining traction as an important part of design education. Similarly, design NPO initiatives like Project H, One Earth Designs, and Architecture for Humanity grow stronger, and ethnographic research methods continue to play an essential role in design practices that are necessarily global. Now, imagine that we combine all three, supporting them from one platform for experiential learning, design thinking and research. This is my vision for Ocean University (OU), an NPO that brings designers, activists, thinkers and students onboard a dedicated ship to travel the world, develop design work, and provide services to those in need."

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    • Not only should The Scholar Ship program be resurrected, it should be resurrected in the form Arturo envisions here. If you find the possibilities of this potential program to be as remarkable as I do, then please visit the website and get involved in making this dream a reality.

      http://www.oceanuniversity.org/

      Call to Action: Learning from the World One Port at a Time
      We cannot be designers and design in the blind: we must go to where the action is. If you had the chance to travel the world, where would you go? What would you do? Ocean University invites you to join a passionate community, reckon the realities of the world around us and beckon the world's greatest challenges. We are Ocean, who will you be?

      If you are a design school, organization or individual interested in co-creating this community you can follow our progress on twitter, sign up for updates on our website or get in touch with us at info.oceanuni [at] gmail [dot] com. Remember, as humanity, we are all on the same boat.

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