Design Justice

Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need

De: Sasha Costanza-Chock

Narrado por: Megan Tusing

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 explicitly 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 listeners 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.

©2020 Sasha Costanza-Chock (P)2021 Tantor

Insightful and practical

Presented some of these findings to my coworkers and were now working on standardizing accessibility. Also I’m now thinking of starting a discotech in town

Thank you Sasha!

A must read for all designers

Informative, extensively researched. Great listen and discussion of design challenges and how to recognize them

Great critical design book

Anyone in or interested in UX should read this book. Highly recommend there’s a lot of good content