Resources

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Anti-oppression, equity and social justice in design

• Power and Participation Guidebook by Hajira Qazi

• Design Justice Network - international community

• Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock - book

• Decolonising Design - movement, community and blog

• Design as Protest - community, index and resources

• equityXdesign: a practice for transformation by Caroline Hill, Michelle Molitor and Christine Oritz - white paper

• equityXdesign online course by Equity Meets Design

• equityXdesign learning studio for educators by 228 Accelerator

• Equity-Centered Community Field Guide by Creative Reaction Lab

• A Designer’s Critical Alphabet by Lesley-Ann Noel - card deck

• Respectful Design: Models for Diversity, Inclusion, & Decolonization by Dr. Dori Tunstall - talk

• Respecting our Relations: Dori Tunstall on Decolonizing Design - interview

• Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown - book

• Where are the black designers? - conference, videos and slack community

• Deem - biannual print journal

• Anti-racist resources for architects and designers - resource list

• Justice Hub by Ibrahim Ayub- a compilation of resources to advance social and racial justice

• The Politics of Design by Ruben Pater - book and blog

• An Ethical Guide to Inclusive Design by Jessica Oddi - guidelines

• An Incomplete list of Resources for the Equity-Centered Designer by Isabelle Yisak

• Design for Equity - website, glossary and resources

• Beyond Sticky Notes by Kelly Ann McKercher - book

• Community-led design wiki curated by Beyond Sticky Notes

• Shifting the Powerplay in Co-design by Lauren Weinstein - article and game

• Project Kaleidoscope by Shivani Prakash and Oda Heier - a critical self-reflective practice for cultural humility

• extra bold: a feminist, inclusive, anti-racist, non-binary field guide for graphic designers by Ellen Lupton, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh A. Halstead, Kaleena Sales, Leslie Xia, Valentina Vergara - book

Other anti-oppression, equity and social justice resources

• The Characteristics of White Supremacy culture (from dRworks)

• Dismantling Racism Works (dRworks) - web workbook

• The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole - book

• White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race (Witte onschuld: Paradoxen van kolonialisme en ras) by Gloria Wekker - book (in English or Dutch)

• How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi - book

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad - book

• Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon - book

• Perfect Victims: and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed el-Kurd - book

• Power, Privilege and Difference by Allen G. Johnson - book

• This anti-racism resource list put together by Plot Twist, a literary collective based in Amsterdam, NL

• Black Lives Matter Syllabus by Frank Leon Roberts - university syllabus

• The MSW@USC Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege - toolkit

• Intersectionality Matters with Kimberle Crenshaw - Podcast

• Wit Huiswerk - anti-racism resources (in Dutch)