Building Interactions Through Participative Methodologies: Co-creation Between Crafts and Design in an Academic Context

In the present article we intend to describe the development of a methodology and approach adopted in an implementation strategy, in which we propose to contribute to the promotion of innovation and safeguarding of a craftsmanship technique, which constitutes as intangible cultural heritage, Nisa’s quartz inlaid pottery. The purpose of the research was to achieve a significant. impact at local and community level, privileging the interaction between artisans, local community, and academia, through a methodological action, specifically through practice-led research, by running local workshops, between design students, designers and craftsmen, guided by the practice of design. The expected fruits of the methodology approached, aim above all, to find a model of action and collaboration that is not only possible to be replicated, but can create its own autonomy and rhythm, that is, that will give rise to the creation of collaborative spaces that nurture the safeguarding of knowledge, through its transmission, as well as enable the production of new products, services or experiences for the contemporary market.