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Through a combination of talks, discussions, and collaborative engagements, it brings together diverse voices from within and beyond design to foster critical thinking, collective dialogue, and imaginative speculation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This series is a platform for reimagining<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014where designers and their communities come together to question dominant narratives, challenge disciplinary boundaries, and envision alternative futures for design. Each session invites participants to engage with visionary ideas, reflect critically on their own practices, and contribute to a shared exploration of what design is\u2014and what it could become.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/Led-by-Chiara-Graphic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Led-by-Chiara-Graphic.png 1018w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Led-by-Chiara-Graphic-400x199.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Led-by-Chiara-Graphic-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Led-by-Chiara-Graphic-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Led-by-Chiara-Graphic-700x348.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How can we study and teach design in a way that is critical, socially engaged, and relevant to place? In her latest book, Design Otherwise: Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region, Danah Abdulla challenges us to imagine a design education and culture that moves beyond blindly borrowing Eurocentric models and frameworks.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drawing on learnings from work with design students, educators and designers in the Arab region, with a particular focus on Jordan and featuring examples from Lebanon, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, Abdulla creates a dialogue with those who have most at stake in education to imagine how we can develop a collaborative, contextually based and socially relevant design education.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This RE:DESIGN event will feature a short presentation of the key themes of the book, followed by an <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in-conversation part with Chiara Del Gaudio<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Associate Professor at the School of Industrial Design) and the audience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guest-Speaker-Graphic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Guest-Speaker-Graphic.png 1018w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Guest-Speaker-Graphic-400x190.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Guest-Speaker-Graphic-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Guest-Speaker-Graphic-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Guest-Speaker-Graphic-700x333.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW210906310 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210906310 BCX0\">Danah is a Reader (Associate Professor)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW210906310 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210906310 BCX0\"> in anti\/post\/decolonial histories, theories, praxes at the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW210906310 BCX0\">Decolonising<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210906310 BCX0\"> the Arts Institute at the University of the Arts London. 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