DESIGN FOR THE PLURIVERSE

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 designfrom consum er goods and digital technologies to built environmentscurrently 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 des ign attends ...[Read more]