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Decolonising Design Education: Schools of Departure No. 1
Examining design education and the legacies of colonialism Addressing the histories and speculating on the futures of radical design and art education, Decolonising Design Education looks at the role that different institutional modes play in these endeavors. Developed in a dialogue among Regina Bittner, Katja Klaus and Philipp Sack (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation) and JJ Adibrata and farid rakun (Gudskul), the publication features a selection of historical case studies, conversations and in-depth reports about education practices in formerly colonized regions, shared by 10 art and design collectives.
The publication is part of the Schools of Departure series, jointly published with a digital atlas mapping experiments in art and design education beyond the Bauhaus. By studying these phenomena as manifestations of “traveling concepts,” which keep a wide variety of educational approaches in a process of constant exchange and motion, the publication explores routes of appropriation that move between different geographies, times and cultures.
The publication is part of the Schools of Departure series, jointly published with a digital atlas mapping experiments in art and design education beyond the Bauhaus. By studying these phenomena as manifestations of “traveling concepts,” which keep a wide variety of educational approaches in a process of constant exchange and motion, the publication explores routes of appropriation that move between different geographies, times and cultures.
195 pages, Paperback
Published March 5, 2024
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December 30, 2024
5/5 for the topic and the idea to question the status quo of Bauhaus as the monolith of design education / education design. 4.5/5 for the participants selection and the collaboration method. 2/5 for the publication and distribution because why on earth this book is only distributed in some countries - that are already considered as 'major' countries?
Although the participants of these books are mostly from Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa; but there is no distribution there at all. This makes me feel that the participants are the objects of observation, not the mutual subjects. I found it funny when I just found out about this book when I was visiting Berlin although I was familiar with some of the participants (I am Indonesian). Probably this book was intended for readers in Global North, but still, imo this book should be distributed more widely and so the discourse will not only be circulated inside the bubble.
But anyway I like how this book is trying to engage with other forms of design (and education) without only criticizing the privileges of the former forms, nor exoticizing the decolonial discourse itself.
Although the participants of these books are mostly from Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa; but there is no distribution there at all. This makes me feel that the participants are the objects of observation, not the mutual subjects. I found it funny when I just found out about this book when I was visiting Berlin although I was familiar with some of the participants (I am Indonesian). Probably this book was intended for readers in Global North, but still, imo this book should be distributed more widely and so the discourse will not only be circulated inside the bubble.
But anyway I like how this book is trying to engage with other forms of design (and education) without only criticizing the privileges of the former forms, nor exoticizing the decolonial discourse itself.
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