Nathaly Pinto

Summary

Nathaly Pinto is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University, Finland, and an Adjunct Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Ecuador. With design training in Ecuador and the Netherlands, she has spent nearly a decade collaborating on projects with popular classes and indigenous peoples, partnering with civil society organizations in Ecuador and Andean South America. Her research centers on participatory design from the Global South, popular communication, and design for social change. Currently, Nathaly's focus lies in closely working with indigenous organizations and youth in the Ecuadorian Amazon, conducting research and co-designing visual devices to support political-educational spaces for dialogue, deliberation, and learning.

Profile

Researcher info

Institution

Aalto University

Department/faculty

Design Department

Contact information

nathaly.pinto@aalto.fi
452536777

Keywords
Amazon communication studies global South indigenous communities participatory action research participatory design popular education social design social innovation visual culture