Ecosystemic Design: An Approach to Decolonize Subjectivities

Abstract

From the understanding of what constitutes us as subjects — subjectivity —, this critical essay presents a brief overview of Euro-anthropocentric subjectivity, given as an origin of the planetary crisis currently experienced. We oppose the colonizing hegemonic thought characteristics of Indo-American subjectivities as a way of stimulating processes of decolonization of our colonized-colonizing double consciousness. This feat, of a theoretical nature, used the literature review in fields transversal to design as a research methodology. Our goal is to explore references from the South, especially from the original peoples of Brazil, to 1) propose a renewed subjectivity from decolonization and 2) to contribute to the formulation of decolonial design practice. We use this study to elaborate on Ecosystemic Design, a theoretical-practical approach for regenerative, systemic projects that aims at creating plural futures. In the end, we present two paths formulated for a decolonial design, that of regeneration and that of future plurals.