Global Reflections Envisioning Cards Extension Set

Abstract

Global Reflections is an extension to the Value Sensitive Design Envisioning Cards that introduces an additional envisioning criterion for examining global justice, epistemic plurality, colonial legacies, positionality, power, and relational responsibility in technological decision-making. Developed through research, participatory engagement, transdisciplinary collaboration, and artistic interpretation, the extension responds to questions that are not fully captured by the existing Envisioning Cards criteria, including whose knowledge counts, who defines problems, how unequal power relations shape technological futures, and how colonial histories continue to influence technology design, assessment, and governance. The extension comprises ten concepts: Power and Privilege, Epistemic Diversity, Positionality, Universalism, Colonial Legacies, Nature–Human Dichotomy, Relational Responsibility, Common Futures, Complicity and Benefit, and Discomfort and Transformation. Each card combines a concept and reflection prompts with an original photographic interpretation developed through collaboration with the SolipsisArt Photographic Collective. The cards can be used in workshops, classrooms, policy dialogues, research and design projects, and community settings, either independently or alongside the original Envisioning Cards. The Global Reflections Extension Set was developed through the Delft Design for Values Seed Project “Design for Values and Critical Raw Materials: Decolonial Justice Perspectives” and under licence from the University of Washington Value Sensitive Design Lab.