Where par(cipa(on and decision making meet. Liesbeth Huybrechts, Faculty of Architecture and Art UHasselt, Social Design (DAE)
Jul 16, 2015
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