Care as Specification: centring lived experience in every decision
Safira Lakhani Safira Lakhani

Care as Specification: centring lived experience in every decision

The morning bus is late. The north wind cuts sideways. A nurse, finishing night shift, tucks their hands deeper into their sleeves. Justice here is a heated shelter, a clear sign, a bench at the right height, and the knowledge that someone planned for this nurse.

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What is Spatial Justice? (and why it matters)
Safira Lakhani Safira Lakhani

What is Spatial Justice? (and why it matters)

If justice is about who gets what and why, spatial justice asks where. Where the bus stops, where shade lands, where a ramp is, where a door locks, where the noise is sent. This primer is a pocket guide to seeing the politics of place, and what we can do about it.

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Design as Liberation: making belonging the default condition
Safira Lakhani Safira Lakhani

Design as Liberation: making belonging the default condition

The plaza wakes at dawn: vendors prepare their stalls, an elder tests a curb with her cane, a child chalks a hopscotch galaxy. Liberation, here, is not a slogan. It is the quiet redesign of who gets ease, time, and welcome. This is how we practice it in the everyday.

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