Worship is always about seeking that connection. An acquisition, you're working the opposite way where you may be wanting to bridge that connection but instead of you losing yourself, you actually want that thing you've acquired lose its own identity and become you. So it operates in the opposite direction, i think, of worship. The move towards design for social impact is actually trying to bridge the distance between social status and human connectedness. And because design has this unique super power, they are the best position to make that changed value systems real to people.
Dr. Dori Tunstall joined OCAD University in 2016 as Dean of Design. She is a design anthropologist, public intellectual, and design advocate who works at the intersections of critical theory, culture, and design. She leads the Cultures-Based Innovation Initiative focused on using old ways of knowing to drive innovation processes that directly benefit communities.