EP 49: Designing Decolonization | Dori Tunstall

Dr. Dori Tunstall joined Ontario College of Art & Design
University in 2016, as Dean of Design. As part of the senior
management team, she plays a vital role in steering aspects of the
academic and administrative agendas within the Faculty of Design,
as well as related research, outreach, fundraising and operational
activities. As the university has initiated the challenge of
decolonizing its institution, Dori advocates and communicates how
Respectful Design serves the appropriate design ethos for this
process. Dori is a design anthropologist, public intellectual, and
design advocate who works at the intersections of critical theory,
culture, and design. She leads the Cultures-Based Innovation
Initiative focused on using old ways of knowing to drive innovation
processes that directly benefit communities. With a global career,
Dori served as Associate Professor of Design Anthropology and
Associate Dean at Swinburne University in Australia. She wrote the
biweekly column Un-Design for The Conversation Australia. In the
U.S., she taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She
organized the U.S. National Design Policy Initiative and served as
a director of Design for Democracy. Industry positions included UX
strategists for Sapient Corporation and Arc Worldwide. Dori holds a
Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford University and a BA in
Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College. Bon talks with Dori about her
journey from anthropology to design, role of design in new
technologies and how we can decolonize design.