Asst. Prof @ NYU Tandon. Design studies, philosophy of technology, and critical cultural theory. Focus on South Asia. Moving to @aansari86@mastodon.design
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Aug 11, 2020 • 41 tweets • 6 min read
White supremacy & epistemic colonialism in design discourse, scholarship, & practice: a basic primer (thread)
Historically, design scholarship, like design practice outside of the academy, has upheld white supremacy and epistemic colonialism. This is true of many of the 'seminal' texts one often finds being cited by designers to this day.