The Ethics of Community Design with George Aye: A FLOX Community Jam
In a moment of moral complexity and increased social fractioning, what are the ethics that should inform our practice as community designers? George Aye, co-founder of Greater Good Studio, and Sloan Leo, founder of FLOX Studio, shared their perspectives on the urgent ethical dilemmas and opportunities that can inform new ways of being, ways that center collective wins and community.
Keep in touch with George
George Aye (he/him), Co-Founder and Director of Innovation at Greater Good Studio
Website: Greater Good Studio
Twitter: @georgeaye
RESOURCES (shared by FLOX + George)
Surviving Ideo by George Aye -
https://medium.com/surviving-ideo/surviving-ideo-4568d51bcfb6
The Disabled List - An advocacy collective that examines how day-to-day practices of disability are both designerly and exploited by professional design culture. https://www.disabledlist.org
RESOURCES (goodies shared during the chat)
Decolonizing Design Thinking by Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel PhD https://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/decolonizing-design-thinking-with-dr-lesley-ann-noel
Introductory list of inclusion principles in design + research https://www.equity.army/design-research
Foundation North has trialed particapatory grantmaking - https://www.foundationnorth.org.nz/stories/article/participatory-grantmaking
Plotting Design Interventions as Points of System Leverage - Facilitating interdisciplinary exploration of a local health system and connecting opportunities for change (Design Institute for Health) https://bit.ly/SystemsLeverageMapping
“On a spectrum of impact, what are the opportunities to assess and solve for harm at different levels?” - Sloan Leo
“Deliverables don’t equal impact… That is simply an output that we make that, at best, becomes an input for our clients.” - George Aye