Faculty: Amy Franceschini + Daniele Lupo / Design Research – Prof. Alastair Fuad-Luke(Image: MUF Art/Design: Broadway Estate Community Garden Tilbury 2005) Research through Design, Exploration and ExperimentationProject 3 occurs in the second year of the Masters in Eco-Social Design program. This third semester marks a significant shift from group work and professor-driven projects to a …
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 …
Semester Inaugural Talk & Workshop about Digital Commons
Talk, Sept 28th, 4.30pm (Zoom)Workshop, Sept 29th, 9am-5pm (in presence, pre-registration required) Digital Commons – Alternative approach or naive dreaming in times of platform capitalism? The Semester Inaugural Talk and Workshop of the Winter Semester 2020/21 aims at exploring the topic of “Digital Commons”. Commons describe both shared material and immaterial resources amongst the involved …
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 …
The Toolkit for Designing Actions in Times of Multiple Crises
Based on the action outputs of 21 workshops held in the participatory online conference Beyond Crisis, Alastair Fuad-Luke and Secil Ugur Yavuz developed an opensource toolkit for Designing Actions in Times of Multiple Crises that can be used to develop an action plan by a group of actors for a particular Issue/Topic/Theme and/or Concept. Whether it is …
Don Bosco Festival
A project coming to life, by Rendy Anoh and Shiri Mahler Back at the age of before Covid-19, when the summer semester had only begun, we met Botteghe di Cultura in the Partner Forum for project-2, which was held in the university. Botteghe di Cultura is a joined social association, made of four initiatives, in the heart of …
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. …
Kick-off: Alumni-Network for Transformers
Text by Ole Gärtner Several degree programs deal with social transformation and the (im)possibility of their design. Especially social-ecological transformation and its democratic design are important to many graduates. This often means that the prospect of seeking employment in existing and established businesses and structures designed to compete, grow, and maximize profits seems not so …
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, …
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 …
Beyond Crisis Conference
Online conference, 17-18 April 2020, MA Eco-Social Design, Free University of Bozen–Bolzano. A public live stream of the inputs of Friday will be available in our youtube channel shortly before the start at 17:00 (Time zone: CEST / UTC+2h). The documentation page is ready! Beyond Crisis Outcomes & Next Steps Danke! Grazie! Thank you! …
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 …
First Semester Inaugural Talk: ‘The Value of Plastic’
!EVENT TAKES PLACE UPCOMING MONDAY!March 2nd, 4.30 pm, F0.03 Dear students, researchers and professors, This semester start our Faculty introduces a new event designed to foster reflections and discussion for the semester (and beyond). The Semester Inaugural Talks (SI-t), in the future integrated with Semester Inaugural workshop/s, will accompany each semester start and revolve around changing themes. As …
Johannes Euler: Commons-based social-ecological transformation
Tuesday, 25 Feb 2020, 18:30, unibz, room F0.01 Johannes Euler, Commons Institute The living world is in trouble: Peak everything, climate change, social polarization. The root cause is that we are disconnected with, or even worse: in opposition to, nature, other people and ourselves. What to do about it? A far-reaching transformation of the very …
Supernova Exhibition & Festa!
Exhibition / Esposizione / Ausstellung A Space, some People and lots of IdeasUn Luogo, delle Persone e molto IdeeEin Ort, einige Leute und viele Ideen Venerdì / Friday / Freitag, 17.1., 18:00 – 21:0021:00 SUPERNOVA FESTA!Sabato / Saturday / Samstag, 18.1., 11:00 – 19:00 Faculty for Design & Art, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, F4 (4th …
Teaching Position: ‘Project Funding for Eco-Social Designers’
For the MA Eco-Social Design we are looking for an experienced expert for teaching the short seminar ‘Project Funding for Eco-Social Designers’. Here is the call. Application deadline 20th January 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 …
»Strategies for social-ecological transformation« with Kris ><
Wednesday, 18 Dec, 18:30, unibz, C4.01 How can a multitude of complementary changes lead to a “great transformation” within the tight time frame of 15 to 30 years estimated by scientists to avoid the catastrophic decline of life on earth? Which (kind of) collaborations, alliances and institutional arrangements should be strengthened and started? What can …
Invitation to the 1st (Online) Eco-Social Transformation Alumni Network Meeting on May 15th 2020
Invitation to the 1st (Online) Eco-Social Transformation Alumni Network Meeting on May 15th 2020
Amy Franceschini: Presence as Practice
9 dec 2019, 18:30, unibz, C4.06 Amy Franceschini, the founder of Futurefarmers, a group of artists, designers, farmers, and architects with a common interest in creating frameworks of participation that recalibrate our cultural compass. Their work uses various media to enact situations that disassemble habitual apparatus: public policy, urban planning, educational curricula, and public transportation …
Workshop »Sketching Utopia« & Open Lecture by Corinna Sy
The two day workshop »Sketching Utopia – A Societal & Political Approach on Design« deals with the systemic dimensions on design and the concrete concepts of societal value. In times when many parameters that are believed to be safe are moving, heated debates and distributional struggles are waged, known parameters change and common answers are …
Supernova
Exhibition / Esposizione / Ausstellung A Space, some People and lots of IdeasUn Luogo, delle Persone e molto IdeeEin Ort, einige Leute und viele Ideen Martedì / Tuesday / Dienstag, 3.12., 17:00 – 21:00Mercoledì / Wednesday / Mittwoch, 4.12., 15:00 – 21:00Bolzano Casanova, Piazza Anita Pichler Giovedì / Thursday / Donnerstag, 5.12., 17:00 – 20:30Sala …
BY DESIGN OR BY DISASTER 2020 – POSTPONED TO OCTOBER
2-5 April 2020 POSTPONED TO OCTOBERFree University of Bozen–Bolzano, Italy This series of conferences is co-developing with the Master in Eco-Social Design. It is an opportunity for a lively exchange on the creative practices contributing to social-ecological transformations. Both speakers and participants come from diverse fields of practice, ranging from progressive local farmers to internationally acclaimed …