· 2018
Designs for the Pluriverse
- 2,196citations
- 2018year
Short summary
Arturo Escobar proposes a new vision for design theory and practice, termed 'autonomous design,' that shifts focus from capitalist ends to justice and ecological attunement.
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Key points
- Proposes 'autonomous design' as an alternative to design serving capitalist ends.
- Emphasizes justice, ecological attunement, and radical interdependence.
- Connects autonomous design principles to decolonial efforts in Latin America.
- Aims to create more just and sustainable social orders through design.
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Abstract
In Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth. Noting that most design—from consumer goods and digital technologies to built environments—currently serves capitalist ends, Escobar argues for the development of an “autonomous design” that eschews commercial and modernizing aims in favor of more collaborative and placed-based approaches. Such design attends to questions of environment, experience, and politics while focusing on the production of human experience based on the radical interdependence of all beings. Mapping autonomous design’s principles to the history of decolonial efforts of indigenous and Afro-descended people in Latin America, Escobar shows how refiguring current design practices could lead to the creation of more just and sustainable social orders.
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Field: Human-Computer Interaction
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