Culture as a Resource for a Sustainable Future in Indigenous Communities

Understanding culture as a project

“…The toolkits can be accessed at: http://www.designkit.org/ and https://dschool.stanford.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2011/03/BootcampBootleg2010v2SLIM.pdf 2 This team is directed by Dr. Anne Marchand (École de Design -Faculté de l'Aménagement, Université de Montréal). At the time of writing, the two authors of this article had worked in this project for a total of six and four years, respectively.3 The development of Tapiskwan's approach and the outcomes of the workshops held between 2011 and 2015 were described and examined in several articles(Leitão, Marchand & Sportes, 2015;Marchand et al, 2018).4 Christian Coocoo of the Atikamekw Nation Council, and Jacques Newashish and Christiane Biroté, two of the community's better-known artists, who act as mentors for the youth during Tapiskwan workshops.5 The Algonquin and the Atikamekw are neighbors, and both belong to the Algonquian language group.6 In 2016 and 2017, workshops with youth were held during the school year, as part of programs preparing students for life after secondary school. 7 "A world where many worlds fit" is a Zapatista dictum(Escobar 2015).…”