Riezan Al Haddad is a User Experience designer with a background in Spatial Design. She advocates for design that is dedicated to bettering the nature of our existence on this planet. She is passionate about the role designers have in creating ontological change. Her interest lies in decolonial theories and unsettling the zero point epistemology. She is also active as a creative in the Iraqi diaspora working as a brand designer / content creator for shakomako.net a trimonthly digital magazine that pays homage to the resilience of Iraqis worldwide who continue believing in and working towards a different Iraq that is inclusive of all sectors of society.
Ways Of Knowing
Ways of knowing is a self auditing toolkit that encourages designers to explore ideas that they have been thinking about from a different starting point. It looks at how decolonial thinking can be used to delink from the zero point epistemology by encouraging the user to un-learn to re-learn. This decolonial approach encourages us to uncover other ways of knowing. It is to be used before starting a new project, during a project or during self reflective moments about your identity as a designer. There is fluidness between different design disciplines, therefore this toolkit is for any designer or design team who wants to critically think about how their design output helps shape the world. This project does not claim to be a quick fix for decolonising design because that requires much more than a deck of cards. The toolkit is a prompt towards being more open to other ways of knowing. We must first unsettle ourselves before unsettling the hubris of the zero point.
Ways of knowing is a self auditing toolkit that encourages designers to explore ideas that they have been thinking about from a different starting point. It looks at how decolonial thinking can be used to delink from the zero point epistemology by encouraging the user to un-learn to re-learn. This decolonial approach encourages us to uncover other ways of knowing. It is to be used before starting a new project, during a project or during self reflective moments about your identity as a designer. There is fluidness between different design disciplines, therefore this toolkit is for any designer or design team who wants to critically think about how their design output helps shape the world. This project does not claim to be a quick fix for decolonising design because that requires much more than a deck of cards. The toolkit is a prompt towards being more open to other ways of knowing. We must first unsettle ourselves before unsettling the hubris of the zero point.