Movement

Decolonial / Pluriversal Design

2000–
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Transdisciplinary movement linking Mignolo, Escobar, Fry and Indigenous design-charter work that contests universalist modern design.

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Details

Origin
Latin America / Aotearoa / Australia

Classifications

Holder
Communal intergenerational
Source of authority
Lived experienceAncestry
Subject
More than human
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Relational embodied
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophicalCross cultural cosmological

Connections

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Duke UP. n.d.. https://www.dukeupress.edu/designs-for-the-pluriverse.
  2. Tuhiwai Smith, Linda. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. Zed Books / University of Otago Press, 1999.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Decolonial / Pluriversal Design." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/decolonial-design/. Accessed July 17, 2026.