Editorial LINK PRAXIS Journal V.3 I.1 2025

This third issue of LINK PRAXIS Journal of Practice-Oriented Research marks a significant step in our ongoing commitment to documenting and analysing design-led and artistic research from within the Global South. It brings together a selection of authors who presented at the sixth edition of the LINK Conference, held in Valparaíso, Chile, and São Paulo, Brazil, from 3 to 7 December 2024. This edition reflects the diverse range of practice-oriented inquiries, each grounded in a commitment to design as a form of scholarly, reflective, and transformative practice. The editorial and curatorial rationale of this issue follows the conceptual and epistemological orientation that informs both the conference and the journal. LINK PRAXIS is committed to supporting and disseminating creative research that arises from situated knowledge practices, emerging methodologies, and pluralistic worldviews, particularly those developed through and in relation to the Global South. The journal's foundational focus on practice-oriented research includes work that is both led by and embedded in artistic, design, and visual practices. This volume features thirteen contributions, each of which exemplifies a strong engagement with practice as a mode of inquiry. These contributions encompass doctoral research, postgraduate investigations, and ongoing academic-practice collaborations. They offer evidence-based reflection on methodological experimentation, epistemic plurality, and the social, cultural, and material dimensions of creative practice.