Fabricating Service-Learning: The Convergence of Global Frameworks and Local Realities in Latin America

Herrera P.C.; Dreifuss-Serrano C.; Valenzuela-Zubiaur M.; Schreier-Barreto C. · Utilizing Service Learning Practices for Creative Design Improvements (2025) · DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-9704-6.ch001

Resumen

In this chapter, the authors analyze how global frameworks contribute to sustainable service-learning experiences in Latin America, involving architecture and design students, nonprofit organizations, government institutions, academics, and suburban communities. Through a systematic literature review, the authors trace the evolution of service-learning ideals and their challenges in architectural education across both the Northern Hemisphere and Latin America. Their analysis reveals how global service-learning differs from traditional approaches due to South-North and North-South migrations, digital education environments, digital fabrication technologies, and volunteer tourism. The authors categorized the implementations into five stages with 17 patterns across cross-country (US and Peru) and local (Chile) experiences. They emphasize the advantages of ecosystem interactions that transform global concepts into local solutions, simultaneously enhancing learning outcomes and addressing community challenges.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad Privada del Norte