Rate My Professor Ahmed Ansari

Ansari's research interests span design studies and history, philosophy of technology, critical cultural studies, decolonization, and design theory with a focus on the Global South and the Indian subcontinent. His projects encompass digital platforms fostering public participation in science, interdisciplinary digital archives blending scientists, humanists, and artists, and a visual novel for NYU Tandon's IDBE initiative addressing campus politics of difference. He teaches studio courses in interaction, systemic, and game design, as well as seminars in qualitative design research, media studies, design studies, and history. Key publications include 'What is at stake with decolonizing design? A roundtable' (Design & Culture, 2018), 'A manifesto for decolonising design' (2019), 'Decolonizing design through the perspectives of cosmological others' (XRDS, 2019), and contributions to books such as Design in Crisis (2020) and Design Struggles (2021). Ansari organized the North American PhD by Design Symposium and contributed editorially to Design & Culture. His collaborative project 'Thinking with Moss' received a $50,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant in 2022.