Decolonial design practices: Creating safe spaces for plural voices on contested pasts, presents, and futures

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Decolonial design practices : Creating safe spaces for plural voices on contested pasts, presents, and futures. / Kambunga, Asnath Paula; Smith, Rachel Charlotte; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike; Otto, Ton.

In: Design Studies, Vol. 86, 101170, 2023.

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Harvard

Kambunga, AP, Smith, RC, Winschiers-Theophilus, H & Otto, T 2023, 'Decolonial design practices: Creating safe spaces for plural voices on contested pasts, presents, and futures', Design Studies, vol. 86, 101170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2023.101170

APA

Kambunga, A. P., Smith, R. C., Winschiers-Theophilus, H., & Otto, T. (2023). Decolonial design practices: Creating safe spaces for plural voices on contested pasts, presents, and futures. Design Studies, 86, [101170]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2023.101170

Vancouver

Kambunga AP, Smith RC, Winschiers-Theophilus H, Otto T. Decolonial design practices: Creating safe spaces for plural voices on contested pasts, presents, and futures. Design Studies. 2023;86. 101170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2023.101170

Author

Kambunga, Asnath Paula ; Smith, Rachel Charlotte ; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike ; Otto, Ton. / Decolonial design practices : Creating safe spaces for plural voices on contested pasts, presents, and futures. In: Design Studies. 2023 ; Vol. 86.

Bibtex

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