The Entanglists

Coral Michelin

We are The Entanglists, a podcast created by Coral Michelin and Juliana Restrepo-Giraldo, two Latin American designers, educators, and researchers at the Design Department of Linnaeus University interested in connecting with people who are shaping the world through and beyond design.

  1. Episode 1

    Welcome to the Entanglists

    Hello, and welcome to The Entanglists, a podcast made by two latin-americans in the Design Department of Linnaeus University. The episode explains what is the concept and idea behind The Entanglists, and is presented by Coral Michelin and Juliana restrepo-Giraldo.. Follow us at our Instragam profile @entanglists and @design_lnu and in your favorite music app. Get in touch with us through our instagram to suggest themes, people and ideas ;) Below is our Manifesto: We are Entanglists from the Global South living in the Global North. To be an entanglist means to be a connector between diverse perspectives and matters, tangible or intangible. Entanglists seek to recognize relations around them in order to create, facilitate and host gatherings where different threads (themes, topics, interests), roots (backgrounds, traditions, knowledges), and ideas (methods, visions, understandings) can be connected and mixed to generate new imaginaries, relationships and collaborations. We are continuously exploring this skill through different projects and formats. This podcast is one of the ways in which we envision creating spaces for entanglements which are accessible and open to diversity and emergence. Our research projects, our teaching, and our community of practice are other forms of exploring what is to become entangled with the world around us while walking towards regenerated futures. These different initiatives are based on a set of shared values that we use to foster meeting spaces of dialogue, learning, and exchange from within and beyond design and academia. Decolonial: We recognise, value and are committed to inviting diverse voices that represent different ways of knowing and different practices.Relational: We aim to explore and show interconnections to challenge dichotomies and categorizations. Also, through our work, to build respectful relationships with ourselves, places, and living beings.Positionality: Our identities and relationships with ourselves and others are dynamic and change in connection to contexts. We aim to acknowledge how different positionings are always subject to power dynamics and how this can help us to build more respectful and ethical relationships. Other values we hold: Curiosity; Transdisciplinarity; Intersectionality; Vulnerability. We are a platform of/for people changing the world through and beyond design.

    Welcome to the Entanglists
  2. Episode 3

    Events 002: Design Research Society DRS2026

    This is our special Events Series where we tell you a bit about the design conferences that we attend happening around the world. This is our way of sharing a bit of our experience with you, and making the events more accessible to a wider audience. In this episode we will talk about the Design Research Society Conference (DRS2026), that happened between the 8th and 12th of June 2026, at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. Coral Michelin was at the conference and tells Juliana Restrepo-Giraldo the highlights of the experience and presentations. Some relevant links of this episode: For those who what to know more of DRS, their Special interest groups, and the proceedings: www.designresearchsociety.orgTo see the full programe of DRS2026: https://www.conftool.pro/drs2026/sessions.phpConversation of Silvana Juri1, Marysol Ortega Pallanez and Donna Maione: https://www.conftool.pro/drs2026/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_date=2026-06-08&form_session=397&presentations=show#paperID3043Conversation Pluriversal Design Research for Equitable Transcultural Collaborations: https://www.conftool.pro/drs2026/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_date=2026-06-08&form_session=401&presentations=show#paperID3264 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with your friends and colleagues and follow us on your favourite music app and on our Instagram @entanglists and @design_lnu If you want to suggest events, guests or themes, drop us a line on instagram ;)

    Events 002: Design Research Society DRS2026
  3. Episode 6

    Conversations 001: Design + Change

    This is our first episode on our Conversation Series! Welcome! The department of design at Linnaeus University, in Sweden, operates under the concept of “Plus Change”, which names our programs, for example, Design+Change and Visual Communication + Change. But way more than naming our courses, “+Change” guides what we do, and how we do it. We understand that design and communication shape the world around us, and we are very aware of the state of collapse this world is at the moment. So, when we speak of +Change, we are talking about directing ourselves to regenerated futures; we are speaking of a transitional movement supported by ecological justice, inclusion, artistic expression, material traditions, and relationality. In three international programs, we practice future building while respecting our past, our diverse cultures and territories. To tell us a bit more about this concept and how it is practised at LNU, we gathered in our conversation three amazing designers, researchers and educators from the Design Department. Meet Mathilda Tham, Kristoffer Gansing and Petra Lilja. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with your friends and colleagues and follow us on your favourite music app and on our Instagram @entanglists and @design_lnu Relevant links of this episode: Design+Change: https://www.lnu.se/program/design-change/vaxjo-engelska-ht/ Visual Communication + Change: https://www.lnu.se/program/visual-communication-change/vaxjo-engelska-ht/2026/ Relational Design + change: https://www.lnu.se/program/relationell-design-change-masterprogram/vaxjo-engelska-ht/

    Conversations 001: Design + Change

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We are The Entanglists, a podcast created by Coral Michelin and Juliana Restrepo-Giraldo, two Latin American designers, educators, and researchers at the Design Department of Linnaeus University interested in connecting with people who are shaping the world through and beyond design.