Warmly welcome to Researchers Fika no 5, this time with speed talks from Annelies Vaneycken, Lecturer in MA Child Culture Design and MA Embedded Design at HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design and Jeanette Sundhall, Senior lecturer in gender studies at the Department of Cultural Sciences, both at the University of Gothenburg. The talks are followed by an opportunity to network and digitally share your favorite fika with the other participants in the meeting.
Talks
Ambiguity as an approach to include children in participatory design processes
Annelies Vaneycken, Lecturer in MA Child Culture Design and MA Embedded Design at HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design
Annelies will present her ongoing practice-based research exploring the relationships between ambiguity, design and the democratic project. Within that interest, she mainly focuses on the democratic inclusion of children in both the development of urban public spaces and within participatory design processes. She will also introduce her current research project 'Park-Play’ combining design, children’s rights, and policy-making when aiming for the redevelopment of urban public spaces that prioritises children’s participation, intergenerational co-existance, and sustainable living environments.
Using childism as a way to create political space for children
Jeanette Sundhall, Senior lecturer in gender studies at the Department of Cultural Sciences
Adulthood norms set limits on the possibilities of children being included in democratic processes and understood as political subjects. In this talk Jeanette will discuss the age order, naturalized adulthood and how the theoretic concept of childism can be a way to escape the dominance of adulthood norms. How is it possible to create a political space for children and involve children in defining what should count as politically important?
Program
14.00 Welcome and introduction
14.10 Speed talks
14.30 Q&A with speakers
14.40 Fika & networking in smaller groups
15.00 Wrap up
15.15 The meeting ends
About Researchers Fika
Researchers Fika is an activity initiated by the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, as part of strengthening the Research Network for Sustainable Development at Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg. At each fika you will get to listen to speed talks on a sustainability-oriented topic from researchers representing different disciplines followed by an opportunity to network and digitally share your favorite fika with the other participants in the meeting. If you are a member of the research network, welcome to submit your own proposal for a talk.