From the Publisher
Design Justice, written by one of today's most inventive media, communications, and design scholars, is a sustained and brilliant call for a significant reorientation of design, in the belief that in remaking design we are remaking the world.
Arturo Escobar, Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; author of
Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of WorldsWith intellectual dexterity accented by personal proximity to social movements and discrimination, Sasha Costanza-Chock calls us to see through the mythologies of the current high priests of design that perpetuate oppression. Both visionary and practical, Design Justice is required reading for those ready to move beyond hype and doom discussions and towards creating liberating processes so urgently needed.
Joy Buolamwini, Founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, Poetess of "AI, Ain't I A Woman?"
Visionary and grounded, Design Justice takes us beyond the buzzwords of emerging technologies to engage the people and practices often hidden from view. This book offers essential tools for rethinking and reimagining the social infrastructure of tech design and should be read by everyone committed to building a more just world.
Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University, author of
Race after Technology