Dr. Sasha Costanza-Chock: Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
In this online public talk, Dr. Costanza-Chock presents an overview of their book, Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need, published by the MIT Press in 2020. The book is an exploration of how we might re-imagine design to be led by marginalised communities as a tool to help dismantle structural inequality, advance collective liberation, and support ecological survival. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
Sasha (they/she/elle) is a Senior Fellow to Director of Research & Design at the Algorithmic Justice League and a Faculty Affiliate with the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Sasha is the author of two books and numerous journal articles, book chapters, and other research publications. Their book Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need was published by the MIT Press in 2020. Sasha is a member of the Steering Committee of the Design Justice Network.
All are welcome to this free Zoom event. Places must be booked on https://www.eventbrite.ie/manage/events/295149218257/online-event.
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