(Source) Reitsma et al. A Respectful Design Framework. Incorporating indigenous knowledge in the design process

"The creation of objects - and the objects themselves - function as a method to order the mind (Csikszentmihalyi and Halton, 1981; Csikszentmihalyi, 1993; and Miller, 2011). Both the object and the process of co-creation can serve as ways to provide a space in which the different participants can explore and negotiate their needs and constraints (Goffman, 1959). Co-created objects are representations of identity and thus can be seen as material presenters of the evolving third space (Björgvinsson et al., 2012). Through co-creation, the aim is not for the external designer to get an understanding of the community to base design upon. Rather, it is about developing a dialogical space between the community members and external designers and the artefacts present and to be created. This is what Ehn (2008) refers to as a socio-material assembly. In such an assembly of humans and non-humans, it is about shaping and staging each actor." - p. 1559

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