AID: Episode 4 | Getting Schooled | Decolonising design, Buen-vivir centric design model and designer identity with Diana Albarrán González Awakening Indian Design

Hey guys, I bring to you a new episode of Awakening Indian Design where I speak to Diana Albarran Gonzalez on decolonising design, her Phd thesis, research, philosophy and some emotion stirring colonisation stories. This is a long podcast and I never thought it would end up this way. However, it was one amazing conversation with Diana and a lot to deconstruct about her identity, her thesis, approach to research, handloom, textiles, weaving community, designer identity, questions such as are artists designers? should decolonisation discourse become mandatory in design schools and so on!! I am too lazy to type. Just listen to this man!

Please pardon me for the audio. I was doing this for the first time and had some technical problems.

For your perusal, here is a link to Diana's Phd thesis. Give it a read!

https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/13492