1. Clarice Goulart, ESDI - UERJ
Rio de Janeiro
Key words: public spaces,
urban communication
The Street Voice
Design for Dialogue on Homelessness
more on: www.youtube.com/avozdarua

2. Context: while post-
modern society seems to
develop towards being a
dialogical society, some
complex social issues
remain invisible. This leads
to question “How to invite
people to discuss topics that
seem to be avoided or
ignored?”. In Rio de Janeiro
homelessness is an
extremelly visible fenomena,
but the discution about it –
specially the causes, not the
“solutions” – is practically
restricted to social scientists.

3. Project: after an extensive
research on homelessness and
art/design activism, 2 urban
interventions were realized. Passers-
by were invited to share thoughts and
life stories on the pieces and on the
topic.
The edited videos were used to
compose a mosaic that was available
in the web for a year.
These clips are still available at

4. Design role: to promote awareness and dialogue on social
issues, to take part in society as a mediator and culture-builder.
To be and active agent of social transformation.