Our Voices II: The DE-colonial Project brings together Indigenous Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, and American authors to document the architectural and spatial strategies used to destabilise and disquiet colonial built environments. This is scholarship from the inside.
About This Book
A follow-up to Our Voices, this collection centres Indigenous authorship in a field where Indigenous voices have too often been spoken about rather than heard. The book examines decolonising practices in the built environment — the ways Indigenous communities have subverted colonial spatial value systems imposed on their lands, towns, and cities. It confronts the mechanisms of gentrification, neo-liberal planning, and institutional decision-making that continue to displace and marginalise Indigenous peoples, while foregrounding Indigenous-led resistance, design, and place-making as active, ongoing practice. Essential reading for architects and planners engaged with decolonial urbanism and Indigenous spatial sovereignty.
Key Features
- 256 pages of decolonial spatial theory, project documentation, and Indigenous-authored critical essays
- Authored by Indigenous contributors from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States
- Published by Oro Editions, 2018
What You'll Discover
- How Indigenous communities actively subvert colonial built environments rather than passively enduring them
- The role of neo-liberal planning systems in suppressing Indigenous involvement in spatial decision-making
- Decolonising projects across four countries that challenge the erasure of Indigenous identity from land and place
- A counter-narrative to gentrification that repositions Indigenous peoples as agents of spatial knowledge, not subjects of urban policy
About the Author
Kevin O'Brien is an Indigenous Australian architect whose work engages with decolonial practice and Indigenous spatial identity. He is the editor of this volume, which draws on a broad network of Indigenous scholars and practitioners across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 256
- Dimensions: 28 x 23.5 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781943532568
- Publisher: Oro Editions
- Publication Date: 2018
Perfect For: Architects, urban planners, and academics working with decolonial theory, Indigenous design practice, or community-led spatial justice — and students seeking Indigenous-authored perspectives on the built environment.