Where par(cipa(on and decision making meet. Liesbeth Huybrechts, Faculty of Architecture and Art UHasselt, Social Design (DAE)
Spa(al capacity building? • approach: par(cipatory design in giving form to public infrastructures
(spaces, services,…) (e.g. integra:on of public services in the city/community, such as give and take), using media (new and old)
• ‘spa(al capacity building’: using media to enable capaci:es of ci:zens, designers, policy makers, property developers,…. to individually or collec:vely
• (1) reflect on processes of (spa:al) change • (2) act in rela:on to these reflec:ons
Concern: genera(vity of par:cipa:on: responsibility for context, impact on decision making, skills,..
Public debate To enhance rela:ons between capacity building process and decision making: • how to enable par:cipants to bring processes more
explicitly in public debate? • Using diverse media as a ‘stage’
• Mobile Design Lab: playful open source maps (MAP-‐it)
• Future Fic:ons and The Other Market: cri:cal use of mass media: tradi:onally big influence on public debate
• How integra:on of people from ethnic-‐cultural minori:es can inspire different designs of ci:es’ healthcare infrastructures and services?
• 1 year ethnographical work and co-‐design
• use of open source toolkits based on map-‐it suppor:ng debate between groups and care-‐takers (www.map-‐it.be)
• inform future (IT) tools/infrastructures
MOBILE DESIGN LAB
Methodology 2 low-‐tech prototypes based on ethnography:
colourful magne:c icons and a background board, elderly central
• suppor:ng diabetes educators during training with elderly from ethnic-‐cultural minori:es
• in-‐home care organisa:on suppor:ng daily housekeeping tasks for elderly from ethnic-‐cultural minori:es: admission interviews and daily interac:ons with clients
FUTURE FICTIONS GODSHEIDE
• 10 years of history of par:cipatory processes on spa:al planning in Godsheide (bv Unie, Buur,..)
• ini:a:ve of ci:zens to engage diverse par:cipants (policy makers property developers,…) to
• Increase the impact of the par:cipatory process on decision making
• collabora:vely set up spa:al ini:a:ves and public services that can be realised in 2024
Methodology Ac:on research in the field Making/spreading newspaper: • Ar(cles • Pictures/tableaux vivants of
performances of spa:al ini:a:ves in space, with cardboard and found props
• Analysis of how newspaper inspired par:cipants to script content and how this interacted with their reflec:ons, ac:ons and public debate
Example • Newspaper language s:mulated par:cipants to
script the proposals in such a way that they would generate opinions: reflec(ons on school in decay, performance/ac(ng of silent protests in public space, leading to idea of crowdsourcing ini:a:ve
• Generated public debate in the media, by group of schools and policy makers
Problem statement: lack of workspace; ci:zens not always involved in decision making processes surrounding work; nega:ve percep:on of tradi:onal pla[orms (unions, strikes,…)
What: Make people part of the public debate on work. Research ihow people create space for work (eg fixing cars in the street) on a daily basis
Goal: crea:ng alterna:ve (digital/physical) workspaces, pla[orms and tools and surrounding condi:ons (eg mobility)
THE OTHER MARKET
Methodology – Living Lab, – How? Shopfront; mobile market: small local co-‐crea:ve and public radio
games wherein people publicly and imagine how to materialise working skills in city
– Bigger co-‐crea:ve radio game shows wherein local ideas are further developed with designers, engineers, architects,…
Results? – prototypes (with iDrops vzw) for workspaces, forms, tools, techniques and
condi:ons are coached – capaci(es in reflec:ng, ac:ng and publicly deba:ng on city context
Public debate? • mul(ple actors could take an ac:ve role at different
moments (eg processes of more than 10 years) • aesthe(cal par:cipatory processes that are spread,
exhibited,…, next to the results • trust that the process could lead to the desired
result • less focus on the private?
ITU and KADK (Centre for CoDesign Research) Why here? PD in diverse societal domains, mediated by diverse media What here? Focus on rela:ons between PD and decision making: framework to discuss
these rela:ons: • When do par:cipatory processes contribute to (or inhibit) decision
making (eg on sharing pla[orm), by whom? • How does the design of PD methods contribute to/inhibit decision making
by diverse par:cipants? Inves:gate this in framework of cases: Give&Take, newcomers in Danish
healthcare system, PD and demen:a….
Thank You. [email protected] www.tr-‐aders.eu
