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- Title
Designing Affordable Housing with Cree, Anishinabe, and Métis People.
- Authors
Deane, Lawrence; Smoke, Eladia
- Abstract
Three levels of government are investing in the renewal or construction of affordable housing in Manitoba's inner-city areas. Much of this housing is targeted to communities that are predominantly Aboriginal. Little consultation has occurred about the underlying cultural assumptions of the design of these homes. This is in spite of the fact that the layout of a home may significantly direct the life ways of a family or affect their relationships to relatives or neighbours. Lack of consultation has proved problematic in some Indigenous communities, whereas in those few cases where consultation has occurred, the emerging designs have been significantly different from conventional designs. This article describes a four-year process of consultation on cultural concepts in the design of buildings intended for Aboriginal families in urban communities in Manitoba. Participatory design activities drew out numerous themes that, if incorporated into buildings, might help Indigenous families retain or recover their cultural values and lifeways. A number of these Indigenous themes have been incorporated in buildings that have already been constructed. The themes relate not just to the decorative features of the buildings but to conceptual assumptions underlying their design. The article concludes with some public policy recommendations.
- Subjects
MANITOBA; INNER cities; INDIGENOUS peoples; HOUSE construction; DOMESTIC architecture; PARTICIPATION; CROSS-cultural communication; LOCAL culture
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
1188-3774
- Publication type
Article