Abstract
The current and former campus areas of Unitec Institute of Technology are undergoing massive change because of the Carrington Residential Development, an urban intensification project that will eventually account for thousands of new residents and visitors here. Puna (pools, streams) nurture life in and around their flow paths, but are also vulnerable to negative consequences of the prevailing urban development paradigm. Many puna traverse the campus, connecting it with other parts of Auckland city. Puna Kōrero is an interdisciplinary design research project which provided opportunities for ontological reorientations in the Wairaka precinct, such shifts in worldviews holding the potential to improve the quality of relationships between people and this place over time, particularly its wāhi tapu (sacred sites), Te Wai Unuroa o Wairaka (an aquifer fed freshwater stream) and Te Rangimārie Pā Harakeke (a plantation of flax). Developed over several months, the project brought together staff, students and the local community across three collaborative strands culminating in a public event celebrating Matariki (the Māori new year) through a projection-mapped motion design show, the launching of a new puoro ataata (music video) Manaakitia and the prototyping of a mobile app to share stories of six significant sites inclusive of the marae (Māori meeting house) and its wāhi tapu. This poster presents Puna Kōrero as a case study demonstrating the importance of ontological design in ecological and cultural heritage protection; culturally responsive design and principles of co-design are understood to be critical to efforts to re-indigenize (decolonize) urban space and place.
Presenters
Leon TanAssociate Professor, Creative Industries , Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Allana Goldsmith
Educator, Music, University of Auckland, New Zealand Peeti Lamwilai
Academic Programme Manager, Creative Industries, Unitec, New Zealand Cris De Groot
Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries, Unitec NZ, New Zealand Emma Smith
Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries, Unitec Te Whare Wananga o Wairaka, Auckland, New Zealand Tanya White
Kaitiaki Taiao / Kaupapa Māori Research Advisor, Maia Māori Centre / Ngā Wai a te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre, Unitec Institute of Technology, Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka, Auckland, New Zealand
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Design, Design Research, Society, Indigenous, Decolonial, Pluriversal Design
