Dear list members,
This semester my colleague Lindsay Norris and I are preparing a very ambitious project with our second year design students.
In the last few years the topic of "decolonisation" as been much discussed in the design field, maybe not enough. The main conversation revolves around the idea that for centuries, because of power structures, we have been neglecting and denying other ways of knowing and understanding the world, therefore building it too.
The definition of colonisation that we will be working with is:
"The action of appropriating a place, mind, culture, identity or domain for one's own use"
In order to embrace the great diversity of this planet, we need to accept the idea that each one of us has to decolonise itself from different preconceived ideas and assumptions of why the world works and looks as it does.
The semester will be divided in two sections; one will deal with indigenous design and traditional non-western ways of knowing. We will have the intervention of a Kwantlen First Nation artist and we are looking for experts on this topic willing to share with us your view and understanding. We are kindly asking one hour of your time for a skype presentation/conversation. The dates for this will be Sep 24th (any time from 9 to 11 am PST) and Sep 26th (any time from 1pm to 4pm PST, we are located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Unceded territories of the Salish Coastal peoples).
The second half we want to dedicate it to women's ways of knowing. We recognize that the patriarchal world that we live in has denied and brutally obscured for centuries a unique and essential way of understanding our world.
It is for that reason that we want to invite different women to our classroom to share with the students their perspective on this idea of women's way of knowing. What experiences they have in their everyday living that are evidence of this patriarchal structure? and what ideas and assumptions we have to decolonise from in order to fully embrace the best of all us?
We are looking for women willing to share their experiences and view regarding the two questions above, similarly as before, we can offer one hour for a skype presentation/conversation.
Our course is scheduled on Mondays from 8am to 12pm and Wednesdays from 1pm to 5pm (Pacific Standard Time).
The sessions for our guest speakers will be on October 22nd, 24th, 29th, 31st, and November 5th and 7th.
I am sorry to say that we cannot financially compensate for these participations, no need to explain in this forum the struggles with academic budgets.
Please let me know if you would be interested in participating in this ambitious and exciting project, and if so, what day and time will suit your schedule best.
Any question or doubt please let me know.
Best regards,
Victor G. Martinez Ph.D
Faculty & Researcher
Wilson School of Design
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
www.kpu.ca/design
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