Many know string figures from their childhood. They exist in many cultures. One person stretches a looped cord between their fingers, the next person takes over and crosses the cord in such a way that a pattern is created, which in turn is taken over and changed by another person, and so on. In this …
social-ecological transformation
Isacco Chiaf “Design for social good”
How to combine journalism, storytelling and design practices to make an impact Thursday, 18 May, 17:30, hybrid*unibz, F0.01 Isacco Chiaf is an art director and UX designer, with a background in journalism and campaigning. He focuses on design products for good causes. By creating digital content aimed at communicating a variety of socially relevant issues, …
EXTENDED call ∞ STRING FIGURES ∞ transforming together
29 March to 2 April 2023 the By Design or by Disaster Conference will take place at BASIS Vinschgau-Venosta in South Tyrol, Italy. Find out more about it in this first announcement. This time we intergrate an academic track and are looking forward to papers and visual essays inspired by the focus STRING FIGURES – …
20-21/01/2023 mostra ∞ STRING FIGURES ∞ transforming together ∞ exhibition
MA Eco-Social Design, 2022/23Faculty for Design and Art, Free University of Bozen–Bolzano4th floor in building F Venerdì ∞ Friday17:00 Visite guidate con i partner del progetto 1 ∞ Guided tours with partners of project 1, atelier F4.0118:00 Inaugurazione ufficiale ∞ Official opening19:00 Masteritivo Sabato ∞ Saturday11:00–17:00 Mostra ∞ Exhibition ↓ Italiano In project 1, students of the Master in …
A place to B(z) – Christmas Walk
Let‘s connect the city! Join us in a Christmas-Walk from Bozen‘s Obstmarkt to the area behind the trainstation. There will be live music throughout the walk and a small concert with Glühwein at the area.
We start at on Saturday, 17.12, at 14:00h in Obstmarkt and walk together to the area opposite Via del Macello 19. Live musik by TurboTrööT!
For more information follow A place to B(z).
Activating Underused Spaces – A place to B(z) at EUniverCities in Innsbruck
This event focuses especially on the promotion of collaborations between universities and cities in the EU. For Bolzano we joined with the municipal council of Bolzano, Chiara Rabini, professor for eco-social design Kris Krois and Philipp Rier and Marielle Scharfenberg from A place to B(z). group of people with backgrounds in both administration and project …
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[NON] HO TEMPO fest
You never have enough time? Do you want some? We invite you to an event to share your time with others, and others share theirs with you, to do what you cannot do because you are very busy. Where: Kehl’s Club, Via Goethe 42 When: 25-27 November 2022 (Friday 15-18h / Saturday 10-17h / Sunday 13-17h) …
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. …
Invitation to “NOTTERNA“ – Art installations in the public space of Don Bosco
Notterna – art night: Friday, 28 May, 19:45
An embodied experience of art in the Don Bosco neighborhood. Notterna leads you through seven different stations including multimedia artworks by members of the Südtiroler Künstlerbund and art students of the University of Bolzano.
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 …
FUTUREING US: A blog directed by ZeBa (Lisa Zellner and Theresa Bader)
Futureing us is a blog directed by ZeBa (Lisa Zellner and Theresa Bader) two Eco–social Designers living and working in South Tyrol | Italy, – around the question: Can the current critical situation about Covid–19 be a decisive threshold for a more sustainable future? HERE IS THE LINK TO YOUR BLOG: http://your-me.com/futureingus/ Also follow us …
Corona: By dystopic foretaste to utopian momentum?
While writing this I am sitting my kitchen in Bolzano–Bozen, the capital city of the predominantly German-speaking province South Tyrol in northern Italy. The university, where I am heading the Master’s program in Eco-Social Design has been closed, just like all Universities and Schools in Italy. Teaching and learning take place online. I had to …