Articles by Erica Dorn

June 16, 2022

🦋 Democracy: by design and on the move

Erica Dorn

Democracy today is a colonial artefact tied to violent borders. Moreover, it produces an increasing number of non-citizens, unable to participate in democracy where they live. Erica Dorn and Federico Vaz argue that Gagnon's courageous enquiry into defining the historical landscape of democracy can bring more equity to its current – unjust – paradigm

Erica Dorn

Assistant Professor of Design and Innovation, Oregon State University

Erica is the founder of Suburb Futures, a civic design institute that builds community and civic infrastructure in US suburbs.

Her research explores peripheral places as dynamic sites of civic innovation and resilience, and relational practices that foster pro-social values.

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