Digital Diasporic Directory
2024
New Brunswick, USA
Creative Coding, Collective Healing, Community Engagement
Summary
The Digital Diasporic Directory is an altar to the ancestors who have guided us in our ongoing journeys of reconnecting to our motherlands. I conceived it as a bridge between the spiritual and the intellectual; a space where research, ritual, memory, and design coexist. Intended as an introduction for BIPOC beginning or deepening this process of reconnection, the directory gathers readings, practices, archives, and community resources into a living framework.
My Role
I developed the project end to end, leading the branding, web design, printed collateral, coding, and curation. Each formal decision, from typography and color to information architecture, was guided by the desire to create something both ceremonial and accessible. In doing so, I treat digital space as a potential sacred space and ask how design can support critical inquiry and collective healing.
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Process
This website was created in community, led and stewarded by Hugo Gonzalez, as a project for the Decolonize, Divest, and Create class at the Useful School. I went through three rounds of feedback and revisions with peers and finalized the website after an open call for submissions.
Collaborators
Useful School
Ritesh Gupta
Ramon Tejada
Randa Hadi
Estephanie Barrera