Before (and after) co-design – a view from te ao Māori

When we think of co-design, we often land directly in the ‘doing’ of the co-design with communities. However, when communities think of co-design, they are often thinking also of what comes before (co-governance, for example) and what comes after, such as co-evaluation.

Join us as we explore this issue with Dr Debbie Goodwin, who has recently completed her PhD in kaupapa Māori evaluation in co-design settings. Based in a te ao Māori worldview, Debbie will take us through what it means to adequately plan for co-design and introduces some tools and examples from te ao Māori for better co-design methodologies.

Debbie is of Ngāi Tūhoe and Whakatōhea descent. She is a Māori evaluation researcher working with the Tuakana Teina Evaluation Collective based in the Waikato. She currently serves as an Associate of the University of Waikato Graduate Programme in Community Psychology and is an executive member of Mā Te Rae Māori Evaluation Association

Practice Foundations is a monthly online event hosted by the Co-design Lab as a public sector community of practice.

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