Design + Development

This is the phase of investment in energy, resources, capital, labour, knowledge, and creativity in the technology. It is where key decisions are made about the intentions of the designs, how they will be executed, and how/if they will be commercialized. It is the phase where design questions might prompt alternative approaches or ethical considerations proactively, where users could be consulted to offer feedback, and where critical consideration could be invested in addressing what is at stake and for whom? It is not finite: micro adjustments and major redesigns will occur and reoccur to support the technology and its evolution—there is opportunity for redesign. The designs and development of technology can be, and are, continually challenged, particularly by the oppressed.

Impacted Areas

• Carbon Footprint
• Extractive Industries
• Exploitive Labor To “Train” Data Sets
• Designed to Benefit the Most Privileged
• Access Discrimination
• Western ONTO-Epistemic Biased Data
• Toxic Dominant Culture Maintains Norms of Oppression