Victor Udoewa
Service Design Lead, CDC
Having started his career in the design and development of computational tools for scientific applications, Victor shifted his focus to the social impact space and Information and Communications Technologies for Development, both community and international development. He is a practitioner and advocate of participatory design, a meta-methodology he’s used in service and system design for governments, multilateral institutions, nonprofits, for-profits, and communities, to facilitate skill-building and improved employment opportunities for community members. Bitten by the “civic-innovation bug” he is now focused on creating or improving government products and services for citizens, immigrants, and refugees.
Victor has a particular love for design, learning, and design education. He advocates bringing practices such as positive deviance, pluriversal methods, and systems practice into civic design. He helps leads an equity-centered meetup group and Justice by Design as part of his work to decolonize design. Outside of work you can find Victor teaching salsa, singing with his a cappella group, volunteering as a health trauma and crisis counselor, or (mostly) hanging out with his family.
Rosenverse talks by Victor:
" Whiteness isn’t just the color or race; people of all colors can reinforce white supremacy. "
Beyond Methods and Diversity: The Roots of Inclusion
March 26, 2024
" If you have research, truth establishes credibility; reliability and intimacy build trust. "
Panel: Excellence in Impact
March 25, 2024
" AI is like an alien being trained by humans; it talks human but is fundamentally different, needing human grounding. "
What emerging methods are advancing UX research [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series] (Videoconference)
September 28, 2023
" Mainstream institutional knowledge is just a study of aesthetic, energetic, intuitive, embodied, relational, community, cultural, and lived experiential knowledge. "
Research in the Pluriverse
March 29, 2023
" Prioritization is a constant negotiation between what’s urgent and what’s important. "
Theme One Intro
March 27, 2023
" The identity-blind review of proposals ensures we prioritize content and diverse viewpoints over names, organizations, or geography. "
Everything You Need to Know about the Civic Design 2022 Call for Presentations (Videoconference)
May 17, 2022
" The project had failed three times before; people didn’t care about it, which made it perfect to try radical participatory research. "
Radical Participatory Research: Decolonizing Participatory Processes
March 9, 2022
" The model of designer as community member means designer skills are equal alongside community skills. "
Radical Participatory Design: Decolonizing Participatory Design Processes
December 10, 2021
