Maramotti Maria

PhD candidate in the Department of Design at the Politecnico di Milano (XL cycle). Her research explores participatory design practices in contexts marked by structural asymmetries, with particular attention to prisons. Grounded in feminist and decolonial perspectives, her work is embedded in long-term collaboration within Milan’s San Vittore prison, exploring relational approaches to participation and situated forms of design research.

She is part of the POLIMI DESIS Lab within the international DESIS Network (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability) and collaborates with the interdepartmental research group Laboratorio Carcere.

She is involved in the participatory design research project "Situated Vocabularies", which is developed within the living labs "Off Campus Nolo" in the Nolo neighborhood (2019 – 2023) and "Off Campus San Vittore" in Milan's San Vittore prison (2023 – ongoing). She has participated in research activities within the two Off Campuses on projects such as "OUT. Il Cortile Sociale"(2023 – 2024), "Art-Link" (2025) and "Storylab" (2023 – ongoing), the permanent participatory storytelling lab within the Young Adults section of San Vittore prison.