De:colonising de:sign is a project that started off with an interest in alternative design pedagogy that deviated from the western euro-centric perspective. It evolved into a larger discussion on epistemological practice. The focus shifted onto bringing value in alternative design knowledge systems as well as examining the role of power, privilege and wealth in a design education system. This is an ongoing project that finds different methods and approaches to introduce decentralizing insitutional practices.
books




PDFs & readers
Decolonizing Reader (resources)_Collaborative (open) edition google docs – Ramon Tejada
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Education PDF
On Critical Pedagogy
Constructing the Pluriverse Bernd Reiter
Design Pedagogy in India: A Perspective
Singanapalli Balaram
Graphic Design Readings
The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and BlackStudy
videos
1. Decolonizing Design, Imagining Alternative Futures, Arturo Escobar in conversation with RISD faculty, Namita Dharia, Jess Brown, Ramon Tejada, and Ijlal Muzaffar.
2. Can the Universal Be Specific? – Ruben Pater: The Politics of Design
3. Decolonization as an urgent imperative | 2016 AIGA Design Conference
4. Decolonising the Curriculum | Melz Owusu | TEDxUniversityofLeeds
5. We Must Decolonize Our Museums | Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko | TEDxDirigo
6. Decolonization Is for Everyone | Nikki Sanchez | TEDxSFU
websites
DECOLONISING DESIGN
https://www.decolonisingdesign.com/
Vikalp Design
https://www.vikalpdesign.com/methodology.html
Redecentralize
https://redecentralize.github.io/alternative-internet/
Decolonising Design–A Perspective on Decolonising Design Informed by Difference, Aimed Towards the Idea of Realising a Pluriverse, a World of Many Worlds.
https://medium.com/@aansari86/decolonising-design-1705988f3f27
“Decolonizing Means Many Things to Many People”—Four Practitioners Discuss Decolonizing Design
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/decolonizing-means-many-things-to-many-people-four-practitioners-discuss-decolonizing-design/
Entangled Visions: The Birth of a Radical Pedagogy of Design in India
by Kalpana Subramanian
https://cmagazine.com/issues/141/entangled-visions-the-birth-of-a-radical-pedagogy-of-design-in-i
︎ are.na channels to follow
https://www.are.na/yuxi-liu/design-decolonization
https://www.are.na/mindy-seu/syllabi-alt-ed
https://www.are.na/benjamin-hickethier/diversity-in-graphic-design
https://www.are.na/hua-chen/decolonizing-art-design-ed
https://www.are.na/rosie-eveleigh/diversifying-design
https://www.are.na/darin-buzon/rethinking-education
https://www.are.na/ashna-kapadia-rzduhvvgcje/pedagogy-oghuwnyfvzw
https://www.are.na/institute-roque-strew/rethinking-pedagogy