{"id":1218,"date":"2019-10-06T19:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T02:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desis.ecuad.ca\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2025-06-03T01:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:22:01","slug":"2019-desis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/desis\/2019\/10\/06\/2019-desis\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 DESIS Radical Sustainability Award: Kelsey McDonald &#8220;Afford\u2013ability&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2018\/19 academic year was busy for the DESIS Lab at Emily Carr.&nbsp;This year also saw the creation of the&nbsp;<em>DESIS Radical Sustainability Award.&nbsp;<\/em>This award honours a student project that best demonstrates how design can \u201cactivate, sustain, and orient processes of social change toward sustainability\u201d (J\u00e9gou &amp; Manzini 2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/desis.ecuad.ca\/?attachment_id=1223\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/desis.ecuad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AASpread-12-1000x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1223\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s winner is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelsdanielle.com\">Kelsey McDonald<\/a> and her project <em>Afford\u2013ability<\/em>. In her own words:<em> \u201cAfford-ability\u00a0is a campaign that is designed to inspire, educate, inform, and activate Vancouverites and other North Americans to come together against the commodification of social movements for capital gain and the unfair judgment of those who have effectively been \u201cpriced-out\u201d of sustainable and ethical living due to systemic barriers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/desis.ecuad.ca\/?attachment_id=1224\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/desis.ecuad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AA-Postcard-1-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1224\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelsey&#8217;s project is a&nbsp;great example of how designers are tackling engrained social behaviours and attitudes, while also looking at the structures within a society that supports their continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cMany current social movements are compelling, but the imposition of ethical and moral standards can be classist and polarizing. Often, these movements can reinforce the idea that those who cannot access or afford to live according to socially-determined sustainable behaviors do not deserve to be considered \u201cgood\u201d people\u2014despite their ethical and moral values. But why?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/desis.ecuad.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Afford-Ability-Manifesto-Spread-2-1000x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1225\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afford-ability poses the question<em>\u201c<\/em>how can we be environmentally sustainable and ethical without the economic means to do so?<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about the project and the Afford-ability manifesto here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afford-ability.com\">https:\/\/www.afford-ability.com<\/a>&nbsp;and on Kelsey&#8217;s website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelsdanielle.com\">https:\/\/www.kelsdanielle.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018\/19 academic year was busy for the DESIS Lab at Emily Carr.&nbsp;This year also saw the creation of the&nbsp;DESIS Radical Sustainability Award.&nbsp;This award honours a student project that best demonstrates how design can \u201cactivate, sustain, and orient processes of social change toward sustainability\u201d (J\u00e9gou &amp; Manzini 2008). 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