Practice Foundations: 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 with Debbie Goodwin, who has recently completed her PhD in Kaupapa Māori Evaluation in co-design settings. Basing in a te ao Māori worldview, Debbie will take us through what it means to adequately plan for co-design, and introduce some tools and examples from te ao Māori that we can use to better co-design.

 Debbie is of Tūhoe/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 public sector community of practice event hosted online by the Auckland Co-design Lab in collaboration. We have a shared interest in promoting and prioritising ethical whānau-centred and led design and innovation practice and the active involvement of community, families, whānau, aiga and rangatahi in wellbeing, design, decision-making and leadership. Write to baruk.jacob@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz to be added to the mailing list, or ask to be removed.