Collaborative Design and Research Projects with the Native American Tribes of Oklahoma

Originally aired on October 11, 2024 at the AIGA Design Conference

This presentation by Siriporn Peters focuses on innovation at the margins with the Native American Tribes of Oklahoma, undergraduate students, and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (WBNHS) under the National Park Service in Cheyenne, Oklahoma to create interactive exhibits for the WBNHS visitors who are underserved population and people with disabilities. The projects were funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Arts Council, and WBNHS. The main goals are to articulate and disseminate design research and collaborative projects as well as raise awareness of the design communities about the potential roles and contributions of communication design and designers in generating innovation with, for, and at the margins.

Siriporn Peters is an Assistant Professor of Art and Design (Graphic Design) in the Department of Communication, Media, Art, and Design at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. She graduated with a Ph.D. (Graphic Design) from the School of Communication and Media at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and a master's degree in graphic design from Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma. She has several years of experience teaching all levels of design courses and doing design research projects in Thailand and the U.S. Her research interests are participatory graphic design, communication design for social sustainability, and interactive design for accessibility. She received the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) between 2017 and 2019. She also received the National Awards of the Western National Parks Association Stewart L. Udall Award in 2018.