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Design to Divest

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DESIGN IS NEITHER A NEUTRAL NOR OBJECTIVE FORCE, IT REFLECTS THE VALUES AND INTENT OF THE BEINGS THAT WIELD IT. DESIGN IS AN INSTINCT AND THE PRIMARY MEANS BY WHICH WE MODIFY AND INTERACT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT TO ALIGN WITH OUR NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS. THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DESIGN BEING USED AS A TOOL FOR HARM AND MARGINALIZATION. YET, WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED DESIGN ARTICULATE RELATIONSHIPS THAT SUPPORT EQUITY, WELLBEING, AND LIBERATION. WELL-BEING OF COMMUNITY, AND HARMONY WITH OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ARE AT THE CENTER OF MANY CULTURAL PRACTICES OF OUR AFRICAN AND INDIGENOUS ANCESTORS. AT BEST THESE PRACTICES HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERVALUED; AT WORST, THEY HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY ERASED. DESIGNING FOR DIVESTMENT IS A PRACTICE OF DESIGN IN SERVICE OF LIBERATION RATHER THAN DOMINATION TO PROMOTE COMMUNAL PROSPERITY. APPROACHING DESIGN, THROUGH AFROCENTRIC AND INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHIES, CAN UNLOCK WISDOM THAT WILL HEAL OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR EARTH AND EACH OTHER. WE

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