Cocreating Transformative Change

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Abstract

Leveraging community to create a mobile, cultural makerspace that travels to schools, powwows, and community events throughout a Native American reservation in Montana.

Keywords:

• Informal Education

Author Contributions

Holly Truitt ([email protected]) is the founder and principal of Holly Truitt Consulting, a community-driven innovation and design firm. She serves as the founding director of ONE, Missoula’s inclusive innovation and prosperity initiative. Currently, she is principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health SEPA grant that is rich with community cocreation. Holly was the founding director of the spectrUM Discovery Area at the University of Montana in Missoula. She enjoys teaching at institutions like Stanford d. school and University of Montana.

Ruth Swaney ([email protected]) is tribal education director at the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation in New Town, North Dakota.

William Swaney ([email protected]) is environmental health specialist at Elbowoods Memorial Health Center in New Town, North Dakota.

Nick Wethington ([email protected]) is the making and tinkering program manager for spectrUM in Missoula, Montana.

Nathalie Wolfram ([email protected]) is director of the Broader Impacts Group at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.

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Notes on contributors

Holly Truitt

Holly Truitt ([email protected]) is the founder and principal of Holly Truitt Consulting, a community-driven innovation and design firm. She serves as the founding director of ONE, Missoula’s inclusive innovation and prosperity initiative. Currently, she is principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health SEPA grant that is rich with community cocreation. Holly was the founding director of the spectrUM Discovery Area at the University of Montana in Missoula. She enjoys teaching at institutions like Stanford d. school and University of Montana.

Ruth Swaney

Ruth Swaney ([email protected]) is tribal education director at the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation in New Town, North Dakota.

William Swaney

William Swaney ([email protected]) is environmental health specialist at Elbowoods Memorial Health Center in New Town, North Dakota.

Nick Wethington

Nick Wethington ([email protected]) is the making and tinkering program manager for spectrUM in Missoula, Montana.

Nathalie Wolfram

Nathalie Wolfram ([email protected]) is director of the Broader Impacts Group at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.