Decolonizing design: A cultural justice guidebook

Tunstall frames decolonising design as an active commitment to cultural justice rather than a metaphor for general improvement. The book centres respect, relational accountability and Indigenous sovereignty while examining how design institutions have supported colonial hierarchies. Its EDI contribution is to challenge extractive research, universalising methods and the appropriation of cultural knowledge. This matters because increasing demographic representation does not automatically change the rules by which knowledge, ownership and authority are distributed. The guidebook helps practitioners consider relationships with communities, institutional transformation and the responsibilities attached to cultural work. For EDIDesk, it provides a practical and ethical complement to pluriversal and design-justice perspectives.