Design justice : community-led practices to build the worlds we need / Sasha Costanza-Chock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costanza-Chock, Sasha, 1976- author.

Series:

Information policy series.

Information Policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--Social aspects.

Design.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 338 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge The MIT Press 2020

Cambridge : The MIT Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival. What is the relationship between design, power, and social justice "Design justice" is an approach to design that is led by marginalized communities and that aims expilcitly to challenge, rather than reproduce, structural inequalities. It has emerged from a growing community of designers in various fields who work closely with social movements and community-based organizations around the world. This book explores the theory and practice of design justice, demonstrates how universalist design principles and practices erase certain groups of people--specifically, those who are intersectionally disadvantaged or multiply burdened under the matrix of domination (white supremacist heteropatriarchy, ableism, capitalism, and settler colonialism)--and invites readers to "build a better world, a world where many worlds fit; linked worlds of collective liberation and ecological sustainability." Along the way, the book documents a multitude of real-world community-led design practices, each grounded in a particular social movement. Design Justice goes beyond recent calls for design for good, user-centered design, and employment diversity in the technology and design professions; it connects design to larger struggles for collective liberation and ecological survival.

Contents:

Introduction: #TravelingWhileTrans, Design Justice, and Escape from the Matrix of Domination

1 Design Values: Hard-Coding Liberation?

2 Design Practices: "Nothing about Us without Us"

3 Design Narratives: From TXTMob to Twitter

4 Design Sites: Hackerspaces, Fablabs, Hackathons, and DiscoTechs

5 Design Pedagogies: "There's Something Wrong with This System!"

Directions for Future Work: From #TechWontBuildIt to #DesignJustice

Glossary

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Prose Award. Engineering & Technology, 2021.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262356879

0262356872

9780262356862

0262356864

OCLC:

1130310256