Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt: SEEING, SKETCHING, UNDERSTANDING: qualitative research in urban labyrinth

Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt: SEEING, SKETCHING, UNDERSTANDING: qualitative research in urban labyrinth

tuesday | 03.04.2018 | 19:00 | unibz f 0.01 Qualitative social research is a creative field. With three examples developed at the Bauhaus-University Weimar (DE), this talk stimulates new ways of exploring cities/societies and shows how to integrate artistic approaches. Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt Frank Eckardt is an urban sociologist and professor at the Bauhaus-Universität …

Ruben Pater: COUNTERPOWERS

Ruben Pater: COUNTERPOWERS

tuesday | 19.12.2017 | 19:00 | unibz C4.01 In times of crises and uncertainty, many designers want to have a positive impact on the world. This is easier said than done. How can socially or politically engaged design exist within the neoliberal order? How do designers make sure their work is not being used to …

Can we design a good life? Even in the countryside?

Can we design a good life? Even in the countryside?

In the beginning of November a delegation of the MA Eco-Social Design travelled to South-Germany to be part of the small but charming symposium ‘Stadt.Land.Schluss.’ in Marktoberdorf (Allgäu). Together with around hundred other people of all creative and traditionally not-so-creative fields we listened, discussed, danced, created, ate, exchanged,… – to gain an understanding of if …

Holy Shit!

Holy Shit!

Die Pop-Up Ausstellung HOLY SHIT bringt ein Thema zur Sprache, das sonst eher selten in der Öffentlichkeit auftaucht: Was genau steckt eigentlich hinter dem täglichen Geschäft? Ist Scheiße wirklich scheiße? Und warum ist es wichtig, das Tabu zu brechen und darüber zu sprechen, was genau mit dem Endprodukt unserer Verdauung passiert? HOLY SHIT beleuchtet das …

SILKE HELFRICH: COMMONS LEICHT GEMACHT

SILKE HELFRICH: COMMONS LEICHT GEMACHT

Silke Helfrich: Commons leicht gemacht die welt frei, fair und nachhaltig gestalten ein partizipativer vortrag mit silke helfrich commons institut e.v. & commons strategies group montag | 16.10.2017, 19:00 | unibz  F0.03 If you don’t understand German or you want to go deeper and into creative practice: On Tuesday and Wednesday we will have a …

Cultivating Commons by Design

Cultivating Commons by Design

The new annual theme of the MA Eco-Social Design is Commoning?! All students and teachers of the 1st year draw inspiration from the ideas and practices of cultivating Commons – in manifold ways. What are Commons? They are things/resources/projects that are managed by groups of people, who are not owners, but rather co-responsible and more …

New Blog

New Blog

The blog By Design or by Disaster has been redesigned completely (some things need to be optimized still, but we launch nonetheless – call it perpetual beta ;). The teachers and students of the MA Eco-Social Design will publish here about ongoing activities in and around the Master course, about projects, ideas and issues of design, …

MAKE WORK WORK! By Design or by Disaster Conference, 10-11 March 2017

MAKE WORK WORK! By Design or by Disaster Conference, 10-11 March 2017

Make work work! Practices in Eco-social design that are sustainable, also economically with Brave New Alps (IT, Rovereto / UK Leeds), Studio Polpo (UK, Sheffield), Raumlabor (DE, Berlin), Isacco Chiaf (IT, Tourin), Bas van Abel of Fairphone (NL, Utrecht Area / to be confirmed), Friederike Habermann (DE), Armin Bernhard (IT, Obervinschgau) In this conference we explore how …

OPEN Ateliers of the MA Eco-Social Design Fr/Sa 20/21.1.

OPEN Ateliers of the MA Eco-Social Design Fr/Sa 20/21.1.

The MA Eco-Social Design is a transdisciplinary and practice-oriented study course educating designers that aim to move towards more sustainable, resilient and fair futures. Outcomes, developments and futures At the end of each semester we open the doors to show the outcomes, give insights in the development processes and get into conversations on future potentials …

Joanna Boehnert, 5.12., 20:30, Unibz

Joanna Boehnert, 5.12., 20:30, Unibz

On Monday, 5.12., 20:30 in Unibz, F0.01 she talks about Design / Ecology / Politics: Towards the Ecocene Dr. Joanna Boehnert is a designer, researcher and activist with expertise on the visual communication of complex problems and the politics of ecological transitions. Her first book, titled Design/ Ecology/ Politics: Toward the Ecocene, will be published by Bloomsbury …

Fritz Lietsch im DoD TALK > 19.10. 20:30 unibz

Fritz Lietsch im DoD TALK > 19.10. 20:30 unibz

Das Dream Team für eine lebenswerte Zukunft: Nachhaltigkeit & Wirtschaftlichkeit Mi 19.10. 20:30, unibz, F0.01 Unternehmen für Mensch und Umwelt, Verantwortung von Führungskräften, Corporate Social Responsability. Da werden viele Unternehmenslenker sofort entgegnen: Wir sind nicht für das undefinierbare Konstrukt „Mensch und Umwelt“ zuständig, sondern zuallererst Anteilseignern und deren Profit verpflichtet! Spätestens bei der Gesellschafter- oder …

By Design or by Disaster 2016, 2-7 May @ unibz

By Design or by Disaster 2016, 2-7 May @ unibz

Please visit the conference site for more up-to-date information: designdisaster2016.unibz.it I am happy to announce another issue of our conference series tackling Eco-Social Design. The focus of this years conference is ESSEN / ALIMENTARE / FOOD = also the annual topic of the Master in Eco-Social Design. We will have talks and workshops with Ezio …