FINOkoye
A ridiculous intersection of assorted pretensions; a UX and mobile web geek. All the while seeking a vocation and planning on world domination one programming language at a time.
Museums and Design Justice
Florence Okoye | #MuseumTech2023
Who am I?
Name:
Florence Okoye
ux designer
service designer
community wrangler
facilitator
intersectional futurist
maker
overthinker
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Why?
@Finokoye | #MuseumTech2023
How do we connect the worlds of...
Tech ethics
Inclusive design
Addressing bias in technological infrastructure
Tackling surveillance capitalism
Museum
ethics
Decolonisation
Community centred design
Reaching underserved audiences
Design justice connects the technical to the "bigger picture"
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What is design justice?
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...how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival.
– Sasha Costanza-Chock,
https://designjustice.mitpress.mit.edu/
Design justice focusses on...
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The 10 principles of design justice can be summarised in the following framework:
https://designjustice.org/read-the-principles
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Who benefits?
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Who is harmed?
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Who is missed out?
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Who benefits?
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Who is harmed?
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Who is missed out?
Personas and anti-Personas
Visitor experience maps that consider digital platforms as part of the service layer
Journey mapping beyond direct engagement with institution
...as well as more socially aware research questions
@Finokoye | #MuseumTech2023
This framework provides a practical approach to considering that:
Museums
Technology
≠
neutral
Museums
Design justice provides a practial approach to critical design
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Who benefits?
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Who is harmed?
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Who is missed out?
Asking ourselves...
...can help us design holistic experiences that empower our users
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But what do you think?
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THANK YOU
Interested in joining the network?
https://t.co/n8M5vcl9lA
Design Justice - https://designjustice.mitpress.mit.edu/
Design Justice network - https://designjustice.org/
Useful references
Museums and Design Justice
By FINOkoye
Museums and Design Justice
A talk given 03/05/2023 at the Museum Tech conference hosted by the Museums Association
