Deadline extended: Call for participation in "*Regenerating Democracy: a
Design Contribution", 21.8, 9-12 am, Genk, Belgium*

This workshop – framed in the context of the DESIS Philosophy Talks – aims
to provide insight in and discuss collaboratively with the participants
about ‘Participatory Design and Democracy’. It addresses and discusses how
PD is currently regenerating the democratic discourse in local and
international contexts.

The current discourse in design research and, particularly, PD research
that has been working in a participatory way on common issues in given
local contexts, has developed an enhanced focus on rethinking democracy. To
reflect on the role of responsibility of designers in a time where
democracy in its various forms is often put at risk in many ways – i.e. the
topic of our workshop – seems to us an urgent matter. The workshop is
intended for design researchers working in the field of design and
democracy, willing to actively engage in a conversation on if and how their
practices can be considered as activities regenerating democracy. We also
will look into how Hannah Arendt’s philosophy can contribute to the
discussion about ‘Participatory Design and Democracy’.

Speakers Ezio Manzini, Virginia Tassinari, Liesbeth Huybrechts, Maurizio
Teli, Anna Seravalli and others (to be invited) open the debate via a
series of short statements and then open the floor to an interactive
session in which your experiences/practices around design and democracy are
shared.

When? Tuesday 21 August 2018 (morning – half day), Genk

Website: www.desis-philosophytalks.org and
https://www.facebook.com/events/251745875368033/

If you want to participate, just contact us *before the 18th of May*:
[log in to unmask] (Virginia Tassinari) or
http://www.desis-philosophytalks.org/contact/

*Cost* to register for half a day workshop (including lunch, drinks and
materials):
Students (including PhD students): 42 early bird or 53 euro
Others: 53 euro early bird or 68 euro

Deadline for early bird registration: 8th of June 2018:
https://pdc2018.org/registration/

If deadlines for intentions to participate have passed, please just end an
email to the organisers and ask if it is still possible to join. This
workshop has a flexible set-up.

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Associate Professor
ArcK research group, Faculty of Architecture and Arts, University of
Hasselt, Belgium
Agoralaan Gebouw E, B-3590 Diepenbeek
0032486158840
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Participatory Design Conference 2018 https://pdc2018.org/
The School https://www.theschoolhasselt.eu/
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WegenWerken http://www.tragewegen.be/WegenWerken/
De Andere Markt  https://deanderemarkt.be/
Critical Heritage http://criticalheritagestudies.gu.se/cooperation/cheurope

Recent publications:
Special Issue CoDesign and the Public Realm
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ncdn20/13/3
Counterfactual Scripting: Challenging the temporality of participation
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15710882.2017.1309438


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