Design Reparations - Celebrate and preserve wisdoms and heritage from Kenya

​Design Reparations is partnering with Kenge Content Hive at Dutch Design Week

​In this session of Design Reparations, the focus is on preserving indigenous knowledge by working closely with Kenge Content Hive, a community-driven organisation from Lake Victoria's region in Kenya. The wisdom of the community elders, passed down through generations, is at risk of being lost as traditional ways of life fade. This knowledge, deeply rooted in a profound connection with nature, holds valuable lessons not only for the local youth but also for people worldwide who are grappling with environmental degradation.

​You will collaborate with Kenge Content Hive to create projects that celebrate and preserve this vital heritage. Potential outcomes include the design of online archives, the creation of books and documentaries, educational materials for local schools, and initiatives to revitalize cultural centers and village barazas. By working on these projects, you will contribute to the ongoing efforts to keep this knowledge alive, ensuring that it can continue to inspire and guide future generations, both within the community and beyond.

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​Tickets: Your contribution supports us in sustaining:

• ​equitable compensations to the indigenous and traditional guides

• ​logistical and operational costs to organise the sessions

• ​cost of capturing in videos, images and stories the traditional wisdom directly from the elders of the communities we partner with

• ​the creation of content and ways to share ancestral wisdom with the world

• ​support to the local communities that we partner with

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​No additional Dutch Design Week ticket is required to join this session.

​Join us in this collaboration and explore approaches to design, thinking, and living by embracing a more connected, ecocentric perspective.