The document discusses the concept of "conviviality" as proposed by Ivan Illich. It defines conviviality as autonomous and creative interaction between individuals, and between individuals and their environment, in contrast to conditioned responses to external demands. It presents conviviality as the realization of individual freedom through personal interdependence, and an intrinsic ethical value.

1. Dr. Ricardo Sosa
May 2016

2. I choose the term "conviviality" to designate the
opposite of industrial productivity. I intend it to
mean autonomous and creative intercourse
among persons, and the intercourse of persons
with their environment; and this in contrast with
the conditioned response of persons to the
demands made upon them by others, and by a
man-made environment. I consider conviviality to
be individual freedom realized in personal
interdependence and, as such, an intrinsic ethical
value.
Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest,
and "maverick social critic" of the institutions
of contemporary Western culture (Wikipedia)

3. Doing vs. Being participatory & collaborative
Discourse, authenticity, risks, politics, time, trade-offs,
trust, dispositions
Universal & diverse creativity
Oppression, ‘sedentarism’, facilitation, information,
practice, synergies

4. Assumptions and biases
Building (human) relationships
Singularity

5. Sharing: control, responsibility, roles, goals,
framings, means
Communicate: agendas, constraints, core beliefs,
perceptions, self-limitations
Empathic understanding, humility

6. Collaboration Participation

7. List 10 good reasons to collaborate with others in
your MCTthesis (students, external partners,
etc.)

8. List 10 good reasons to NOTcollaborate with
others in your MCTthesis

9. Liz Sanders at DRC 2013
IIT Institute of Design

10. Ask
Standard, expected answers
Observe
Routine practices
Make
Reveal the ‘unknown’, reflect, learn

11. Step down from the ‘expert’ role
Open process to stakeholders (design with/by)
Mapping, models, prototypes, scenarios, games
Critical interpretation, coding, triangulation
Complement research approaches/methods

12. Do’s
 Prototype, iterate
 Discover unknowns
 Challenge & inspire everyone
 Build relationships, trust
 Use external representations*
 Infer, interpret, inspect futures
 Sensitise, facilitate, articulate
Don’ts
 Outsource solutions
 Exclude key stakeholders
 ‘Parachuting situations’
 Reinforce hierarchies
 Apply recipes
 Ignore tacit, latent ideas
 Jump to conclusions