A guest contribution by Ludwig Weh So it was a blast, sonic fiction through the speakers of the virtually best sound system so and so far around the Alps (today I learned it features the same tech components as in Hamburg City’s Elbphilharmonie): Oohe – Nobody can beat the Mama Africa! (Jain, “Makeba”) Just as …
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10 June 💥 Workshop: The slightly different map: Collective mapping of structural exploitation and solidarity alternatives
with Lis Perks in the frame of the Sustainabilty Festival, based on KAUZ – laboratory for climate, work and future10 June 2022 at 17:00 to 19:00/20:00hFree University of Bolzano-Bozen, C3.06 We live in a world full of contradictions: exploitation and solidarity often exist next to each other. Our daily life takes place in a system …

18 May 💥 Workshop: At the expense of others?
by Júlia Farriol Duran, based on KAUZ – laboratory for climate, work and future.18 May 2022 at 14:00 to 18:00hFree University of Bolzano-Bozen, Room F4.06 In the workshop “At the expense of others?” we shed light on the modern, often invisible structures of exploitation that constitute an essential part of Middle European prosperity and well-being. …

Teaching Position: ‘Eco-Social Economics’
For the MA Eco-Social Design we are looking for an engaged teacher/researcher with a background in heterodox, feminist and transformative economics. Here is the call. Application deadline 5 May 2022, 12:00 a.m. CET. If you have questions about the application procedure, please send an email to Recruitment Design. For questions concerning the MA Eco-Social Design …

ERASMUS+evening 2022
Monday, 14 Feb 2021, 17:00 – 19:00 Several exchange partners of the Faculty of Design and Art present themselves. The focus is on programs of interest for the students of the MA Eco-Social Design, but the event is also relevant for students of the BA in Design and Art, who are looking for Masters programs …

Transforming the City by Care 2
In the project Transforming the City by Care, 9 teams of students of the Master in Eco-Social Design are working together with the social cooperative OfficineVispa in Bolzano Don Bosco for a neighbourhood development towards a more solidary and sustainable future. Particular attention is given to the diverse social practices of care, and to social …

Professorship in ‘Transformation-engaged Design Research’
The Faculty of Design and Art of the Free University of Bozen–Bolzano offers an Associate Professorship for a design researcher focussing on social-ecological transformation. Your transdisciplinary approach is based on reflected practice, research through design, eco-social design, transformation design, participatory design, co-design, systemic design, commoning, action research and/or related fields. It is inspired by critical …

Transforming the City by Care 2021→22
↓ tavoli tematici ↓ sintesi progetti All’interno del progetto Transforming the City by Care 10 team di student* del Master in Eco-Social Design stanno lavorando insieme alla cooperativa sociale OfficineVispa di Don Bosco, Bolzano, per un sviluppo del quartiere e della comunità nel senso di una trasformazione socio-ecologica verso un futuro più solidale e sostenibile. …

Teaching Position: ‘Social Interaction Design’
For the MA Eco-Social Design we are looking for an experienced expert for teaching the course ‘Social Interaction Design’. Here is the call. Application deadline 21 January 2022, 12:00 a.m. CET. If you have questions about the application procedure, please send an email to Recruitment Design. For questions concerning the MA Eco-Social Design and the …

Silke Helfrich 13.7.1967–10.11.2021
Liebe Silke, vor kurzem hat mich die traurige Nachricht Deines Todes erreicht. Durch Dich habe ich angefangen Commons und Comming zu verstehen. Du hast meinen Blick auf die Welt verändert. Den kritischen Blick auf Geschichte und Gegenwart, und das kreative Erblicken von Möglichkeiten. Der Möglichkeit einer besseren Gesellschaft, und deren Gegenwart im Bestehenden. Über dieses …

Salotto Don Bosco – Qui, i discorsi si accendono
29/10/2021, 17:00 – 20:00 Community Hub La RotondaVia Alessandria 47/B google map A cura di OfficineVispa e del Master in Eco-Social Design della Libera Università di Bolzano in collaborazione con l’Ufficio Famiglia, Donna, Gioventù e Promozione sociale del Comune di Bolzano. Gli studenti del corso in Eco-Social Design vi invitano a dire la vostra sul futuro di don Bosco. A scaldare la discussione …

Research Position: ‘Information Design & Visual Storytelling’
The Faculty for Design & Art of the Free University of Bozen–Bolzano is looking for a designer and researcher in the field of ‘Information Design & Visual Storytelling’. You will become part of the research cluster trans–form and teach in the MA Eco-Social Design. We are looking for a person with an excellent design-practice in …

MA Eco-Social Design → Project 2: CARE
… caring be viewed as a species activity that includes everything that we do to maintain, continue, and repair our ‘world’ so that we can live in it as well as possible. That world includes our bodies, our selves, and our environment, all of which we seek to interweave in a complex, life-sustaining web. Bernice …

By Design or by Disaster Conference 2021: Workstorming → transformative work for livelihoods
By Design or by Disaster Conference on working on transformation and the transformation of work.New Date: 23–26 September 2021Bolzano–Bozen & Upper Vinschgau (South Tirol, Italy) Call for 7 x 7 short inputs related to transformative work for livelihoods. EXTENDED: 27 July 2021 A great social-ecological transformation towards sustainable, resilient, and solidary modes of living and …

Transforming the City by Care
10 micro trasformazioni a Bolzano Don Bosco10 micro-interventions in Bolzano Don Bosco Presentazione di Transforming the City by Care (TCC), un progetto sviluppato all’interno del Master in Eco-Social Design e nato dagli intenti comuni e dalla collaborazione tra la Libera Università di Bolzano, la cooperativa sociale OfficineVispa e L’Ufficio Famiglia, Donna, Gioventù e Promozione sociale …

Kris >< Krois: Transformation Approaches
By Design or by Disaster TALK: Monday, 1 March, 17:30Slides (PDF, 250 kb) There is a wide consensus that the aggravating multiple crises urgently requires a great social-ecological transformation towards more solidary, resilient and sustainable futures. There is much less consensus on how this transformation can and should be enabled. Diverse approaches, concepts and means …

David Calas: Pushing Boundaries …
By Design or by Disaster TALK: Tuesday, 23 Feb, 17:30Zoom-link Pushing Boundaries, probably a commonly used buzzword that defines the point where we are heading know in these challenging times, becomes the umbrella term of this introduction lecture.Theory-driven, research-oriented and practice-related investigations from academia and private projects show the boundaries of design in general and …

ERASMUS+evening 2021
Monday, 8 Feb 2021, 17:00 – 18:30 Several exchange partners of the Faculty of Design and Art present themselves. The focus is on programs of interest for the students of the MA Eco-Social Design, but the event is also relevant for students of the BA in Design and Art, who are looking for Masters programs …

CARE BEYOND CRISES ∙ By Design or by Disaster Conference 2020
17–19 December 2020 – online and convivial with Niels Hendriks (Dementia lab), Amy Franceschini (Future Farmers), Bianca Elzenbaumer (Alpine Community Economies Lab / Brave New Alps) Andrea Vetter (Laboratory for new economic ideas), Andreas Unteidig (MA Transformationdesign, HbK Brunswickshig), Elke Krasny (exhibition & book: ‘Critical Care – Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet’) and …

Transforming the City by Care
Nel quadro del progetto Transforming the City by Care (TCC), circa 30 studenti del Master in Eco-Social Design collaborano con la Cooperativa Sociale OfficineVispa nel quartiere Don Bosco durante il semestre invernale 2020/21 intorno allo spazio di comunità La Rotonda (all’interno del “Lotto C” dei caseggiati IPES). Il progetto si presenta come approfondimento della collaborazione …

Teaching Position: ‘Objects–Spaces–Services’ in Eco-Social Design
For the MA Eco-Social Design we are looking for an experienced design practitioner with a focus on ‘Objects–Spaces–Services’ co-leading the studio course ‘Project 2’ in Eco-Social Design. Here is the call. Application deadline 16 November 2020, 12:00 a.m. If you have questions about the application procedure please send an email to Recruitment Design. For questions …

Teaching Position: ‘Social Interaction Design’
For the MA Eco-Social Design we are looking for an experienced expert for teaching the short seminar ‘Social Interaction Design’. Here is the call. Application deadline 16 October 2020, 12:00 a.m. If you have questions about the application procedure please send an email to Recruitment Design. For questions concerning the MA Eco-Social Design and the …

POSTPONED: By Design or by Disaster: Beyond Crises, 1–4 Oct 2020
It’s a pain. After a summer of preparing, we have to give up for now. Under the just recently decided Covid19-policy of the University, it is practically impossible to do the conference as planned. But this is not the end. We will do the great “festival difuso” as soon as possible, probably in spring 2021. …

Beyond Crisis @ Degrowth Vienna 2020
We got a slot at the Degrowth Vienna 2020 conference – fitting perfectly the focus on “Strategies for Social-Ecological Transformation”. There we will share the experiences and outcomes of the Beyond Crisis Conference, and above all, we continue working, learning and extending the network of Transformation Engaged Actors (TEA). Yes, this is the name we …

Beyond Crisis Outcomes & Next Steps
Saskia Hebert called it a „social un-distancing-experience“, and yes, in fact, we experience the conference as a vibrant, empowering and productive coming together – not only as an interesting set of topics and talks. This was only possible through the collaboration of many people (see more here under Danke! Grazie! Thank you!). On this page, …