presentation current research at ITU

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

2. 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,..

3. 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

4. • 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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,…

11. 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

12. 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?

13. 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….

14. Thank
You.
liesbeth.huybrechts@uhasselt.be
www.tr-­‐aders.eu