Abstract
Trust is an essential if often implicit aspect of co-design particularly when working in community-based, political and sensitive settings. Current co-design literature, however, remains fairly limited focusing on interactions between people as primary agents of trust. Drawing on research conducted with a poverty alleviation charity based in the UK, we illustrate how trust and distrust can also be mediated through material resources used in the co-design process. The paper highlights the significance of materials in negotiating the interdependencies of trust, in how distrust can be leveraged and trust can be supported through sensitive socio-material exchange conducted with resource limited community organisations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 258-277 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | CoDesign |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 5 Jul 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Jul 2021 |