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Co-design promotes bottom-up processes as a means of addressing inclusion and actively welcoming citizen involvement and civic activism into research and design work. Originating from participatory design practices in 1970s Scandinavia, Co-Design invites communities, particularly stakeholders and those directly impacted, into the design processes itself. Co-design methods strive to apply collaborative techniques to both the questions about futures—working out what is needed—and also the design outcomes—how these needs are answered. Often employed in grassroots initiatives, Co-Design is used to engage communities in shaping communal spaces, infrastructure, as well as public policies and new democratic practices and urban governance methods in the hope of actively taking on board the real needs and preferences of people impacted. [See governance, citizens assemblies] | Co-design promotes bottom-up processes as a means of addressing inclusion and actively welcoming citizen involvement and civic activism into research and design work. Originating from participatory design practices in 1970s Scandinavia, Co-Design invites communities, particularly stakeholders and those directly impacted, into the design processes itself. Co-design methods strive to apply collaborative techniques to both the questions about futures—working out what is needed—and also the design outcomes—how these needs are answered. Often employed in grassroots initiatives, Co-Design is used to engage communities in shaping communal spaces, infrastructure, as well as public policies and new democratic practices and urban governance methods in the hope of actively taking on board the real needs and preferences of people impacted. [See governance, citizens assemblies] | ||
==== Decolonial Futures ==== | |||
Decolonial Futures can reference a whole variety of practices that emphasise plural futures and place-based imaginaries. This work is fed by the work of thinkers like Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, who advocate for considering plural, alternative futures rather than speaking about a general singular future for all. <ref>Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo. "Exchanging Perspectives: The Transformation of Objects into Subjects in Amerindian Ontologies." In The Anthropology of Extinction: Essays on Culture and Species Death, edited by Genese Marie Sodikoff, Indiana University Press, 2012, pp. 169-191</ref>. Methods emphasising Decolonial Futures include imaginative and embodied practices, listening and attuning to distinct place-based imaginaries, welcoming perspectives from the Global Majority, from disability work and feminist frameworks, challenging heteronormative and Euro-American biases in future scenario planning. | |||
==== Performance and Rehearsing the Future ==== | ==== Performance and Rehearsing the Future ==== | ||
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In the performance field and citizen theatre there is a varied culture of participatory creative social practice aimed at exploring societal transformations. These methods engage communities in performance-based activities that envision and rehearse possible futures, collaboratively getting to know collective challenges from the inside, and acting and improvising in response. Through techniques such as Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed and other community-focused performance techniques, these practices aim to open up dialogue, grow relationships in community, and empower participants to shape and reflect upon alternative futures. <ref>Boal, Augusto. 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. Pluto Press, 1979</ref>. | In the performance field and citizen theatre there is a varied culture of participatory creative social practice aimed at exploring societal transformations. These methods engage communities in performance-based activities that envision and rehearse possible futures, collaboratively getting to know collective challenges from the inside, and acting and improvising in response. Through techniques such as Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed and other community-focused performance techniques, these practices aim to open up dialogue, grow relationships in community, and empower participants to shape and reflect upon alternative futures. <ref>Boal, Augusto. 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. Pluto Press, 1979</ref>. | ||
[[File:Theatre_of_the_Oppressed.jpg| | [[File:Theatre_of_the_Oppressed.jpg|400px|Augusto Boal leading a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop]] | ||
==== LARPs ==== | ==== LARPs ==== | ||