Anti-oppressive design
@article{Smyth2014AntioppressiveD, title={Anti-oppressive design}, author={Thomas N. Smyth and Jill P. Dimond}, journal={Interactions}, year={2014}, volume={21}, pages={68 - 71} }
Community + Culture features practitioner perspectives on designing technologies for and with communities. We highlight compelling projects and provocative points of view that speak to both community technology practice and the interaction design field as a whole. ---Christopher A. Le Dantec, Editor
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Anti-Oppressive Practice
- Psychology
- 1995
The complex nature of oppression is witnessed in the lives of people who are marginalised in this society. As social work practitioners, we have a moral, ethical and legal responsibility to challenge…