Design as a Means of Empowerment in Native Communities

This paper presents the principles and outcomes of an eight-week cycle of creative workshops that joined together designers of Université de Montréal and Atikamekw artisans, in the summer of 2011. Atikamekw is one of Quebec’s First Nations, nicknamed “the people of the bark” because of their skill i...

The International Journal of Design in Society

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