Culturally Situated Design Tools (CSDTs)

'Ron Eglash's inspiring work creating Culturally Situated Design Tools (CSDTs), which translate heritage algorithms embedded in Indigenous craft practices (like African fractal patterns in textiles or architecture) into tools for teaching STEM concepts, provides a brilliant example of how cultural knowledge can be centered respectfully as a source of innovation, empowerment, and what he calls generative justice – using heritage to generate new forms of value and opportunity within communities, rather than simply extracting it' (Ch9 §095).