DESIGN JUSTICE

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 empl