Co-Designing Publics International Symposium

September 16 – 17, 2021

This is the third and final event of the Co-Designing Publics Research Network. We invite activists, practitioners and academics working and experimenting with design in the public realm to join us for the event.

The symposium will bring together our team, project partners and special guest speakers to discuss emerging themes for research and practice on co-designing publics.

We will offer simultaneous translation into Spanish throughout the event.

For registration, please click the link at the bottom of the page.

Schedule

Thursday 16 September

Session 1 [9:00am – 1:00pm UK time]

• [9:00am – 10:10am] Introduction – Dr. Aseem Inam, Principal Investigator, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• [10:10am – 10:25am] Break
• [10:25am – 11:35am] ‘Co-design as engagement with the city’ – Elisa Sutanudjaja and AbdouMaliq Simone
• [11:35am – 11:50am] Break
• [11:50am – 1:00pm] Guest speaker: Dr.Alasdair Jones, Associate Professor in Qualitative Research Methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and author, Public Realm Ethnography: Non-Participation, Co-Presence and the Challenge of Situated Multiplicity

Session 2 [2:00pm – 6:00pm UK time]

• [2:00pm – 3:10pm] ‘Co-design as a long-term process’ – Nalini Shekar and Neha Sami
• [3:10pm – 3:25pm] Break
• [3:25pm – 4:35pm] ‘Co-design as contestation of power’ – Evaniza Rodrigues and Fernando Lara
• [4:35pm – 4:50pm] Break
• [4:50pm – 6:00pm] Guest Speaker:  Ms. Marianela D’Aprile, architectural worker and educator, and author of “Not Everything is Architecture”

Friday 17 September

Session 3 [9:00am – 1:00pm UK time]

• [9:00am – 10:10am] ‘Co-design as resistance’ – Sopheap Chak and Simon Springer
• [10:10am – 10:25am] Break
• [10:25am – 11:35am] ‘Co-design as participation’ – Lorna Fuller, Gabriel Klaasen, Jiska de Groot and Charlotte Lemanski
• [11:35am – 11:50am] Break
• [11:50am – 1:00pm] Guest Speaker:  Dr. Macarena Gomez-Barris, Chairperson of Social Science and Cultural Studies at the Pratt Institute, and author of Beyond the Pink Tide: Art and Politics in the Americas

Session 4 [2:00pm – 6:00pm UK time]

• [2:00pm – 3:10pm] ‘Co-design against traditional structures of power’ – Alexander Lopez, Carlos Tobar and Melanie Lombard
• [3:10pm – 3:25pm] Break
• [3:25pm – 4:35pm] Guest Speaker: Ms. Panthea Lee, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Reboot, and Board Member of the Laundromat Project
• [4:35pm – 4:50pm] Break
• [4:50pm – 6:00pm] Closing thoughts – Dr. Charlotte Lemanski, Co-Investigator, Co-Designing Publics Research Network

Speakers

Thursday 16 September

• Dr. Aseem Inam, Principal Investigator, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• Ms. Elisa Sutanudjaja, Executive Director, Rujak Center for Urban Studies
• Dr. AbdouMaliq Simone, Member, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• Dr.Alasdair Jones, Associate Professor in Qualitative Research Methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and author, Public Realm Ethnography: Non-Participation, Co-Presence and the Challenge of Situated Multiplicity

• Ms. Nalini Shekar, Co-founder of Hasiru Dala
• Dr. Neha Sami, Member, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• Ms. Evaniza Rodrigues, Executive Coordinator of the União Nacional por Moradia Popular
• Dr. Fernando Lara, Member, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• Ms. Marianela D’Aprile, architectural worker and educator, and author of “Not Everything is Architecture”

Friday 17 September

• Ms. Sopheap Chak, Executive Director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights
• Dr. Simon Springer, Member, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• Ms. Lorna Fuller, Director, Project 90 by 2030
• Mr. Gabriel Klaasen, Communications Assistant, Project 90 by 2030
• Dr. Jiska de Groot, Senior Researcher, University of Cape Town
• Dr. Charlotte Lemanski, Co-Investigator, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• Dr. Macarena Gomez-Barris, Chairperson of Social Science and Cultural Studies at the Pratt Institute, and author of Beyond the Pink Tide: Art and Politics in the Americas

• Mr. Alexander Lopez, Director of Asociación Mejorando Vidas
• Dr. Carlos Tobar, Profesor Asistente, Universidad Javeriana Cali
• Dr. Melanie Lombard, Member, Co-Designing Publics Research Network
• Ms. Panthea Lee, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Reboot, and Board Member of the Laundromat Project
• Dr. Charlotte Lemanski, Co-Investigator, Co-Designing Publics Research Network