Diversity Studies Studios introduce students to the interrelations between race/ethnicity, art making and design practices. These courses complement the Diversity Studies Seminars with their hands-on approach in which themes of ethnic identity are incorporated into studio and community practices.This studio identifies existing design processes that operate as universal modes of problem-solving, and how they are biased and exclusionary. How might we identify our blindspots towards greater inclusion? How might issues of diversity such as race, gender and culture, influence standard design processes? Through readings, research and guest speakers, we will center those who have historically been excluded from design. We explore how we might create accountable design practices by researching and reflecting on untold histories and contexts such as colonization and racism. Students will engage in workshops and hands-on, collaborative projects to learn how our lived experiences can inform approaches to design, and propose alternate methods of what designing with, instead of for, might look like.

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