Name: Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century)
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Author: Arturo Escobar
ISBN: 9780822371052

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Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arturo Escobar

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

312

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780822371052

Synopsis "Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century) "

In Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth. Noting that most design—from consumer goods and digital technologies to built environments—currently serves capitalist ends, Escobar argues for the development of an “autonomous design” that eschews commercial and modernizing aims in favor of more collaborative and placed-based approaches. Such design attends to questions of environment, experience, and politics while focusing on the production of human experience based on the radical interdependence of all beings. Mapping autonomous design’s principles to the history of decolonial efforts of indigenous and Afro-descended people in Latin America, Escobar shows how refiguring current design practices could lead to the creation of more just and sustainable social orders.

Arturo Escobar

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Arturo Escobar (Manizales, Colombia, November 20, 1952) is an influential anthropologist and critical thinker, known for his work in political ecology, development anthropology, social movements, and decolonial studies. He was a professor at the University of North Carolina until 2018 and is currently linked to the doctoral programs in Environmental Sciences at the University of Valle and in Design and Creation at the University of Caldas, in Colombia.

Escobar is known for his critique of the Western development model and his proposal of alternatives based on autonomy, relationality, and the pluriverse. His most influential book is The Invention of Development (1995), which questions the dominant narratives about progress and proposes an alternative vision centered on cultural and epistemological diversity.

In his most recent work, Relationality: An Emerging Politics of Life Beyond the Human (2024), co-written with Michal Osterweil and Kriti Sharma, Escobar explores the idea of radical relationality, which understands that all entities are the result of a network of interrelations and interdependencies, and proposes a politics based on the interconnection and interdependence of all forms of life.

Throughout his career, Escobar has worked closely with Afro-Colombian communities, environmentalists, and feminists, supporting their struggles for territory, identity, and social justice. His approach seeks to promote transitions to more sustainable and just life models, based on respect for diversity and the interconnection of all living beings.

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