2025, SIX MONTH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP WITH FUTURE DAYS + COPENHAGEN INSTITUTE OF FUTURE STUDIES + MEDIA LAB BAYERN
EXHIBITED AT FUTURE DAYS - currently being tested in multiple companies
EXHIBITED AT FUTURE DAYS - currently being tested in multiple companies
~PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH ON INCLUSIVE FUTURES IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT~
THE ROUND TABLE IS A PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECT THAT FOSTERS CRITICAL REFLECTION TOWARDS INCLUSIVE FUTURES IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH SPECULATIVE DESIGN, DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORKS, AND DESIGN THINKING IN AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP FORMAT. THE ROUND TABLE GROUNDS THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION DISCOURSE IN LIVED EXPERIENCE, GUIDING PARTICIPANTS TO INTROSPECT ON THEIR POSITIONALITY, PRIVILEGE, AND ETHNIC IDENTITY. THE ARTEFACTS PRODUCED DURING THE PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTE TO A GROWING ARCHIVE THAT AIDS THE RESEARCH AND CREATION OF FLUID, CO-CREATED MODELS OF INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
“THE HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LENDS ITSELF TO SCENARIOS WHERE FOREIGNERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE
WHO ARE WHITE AND FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,CAN SIMPLY APPROACH A COMMUNITY WITH A POTENTIALLY BENEFICIAL
IDEA AND—HAVING AMPLE MONEY AND CAPACITY— CONDUCT RESEARCH. THE DETRIMENTS OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE IN
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK SHOULD BE OF GREAT CONCERN TO RESEARCHERS.”
- HEDGEWOOD, M. (2020) ‘A CRITICAL
REFLECTION ON THE ROLE OF POWER
AND PRIVILEGE IN CONDUCTING
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH’,
PURDUE JOURNAL OF SERVICE-LEARNING
AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT: VOL. 7 :
ISS. 1 , ARTICLE 9
PURDUE JOURNAL OF SERVICE-LEARNING
AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT: VOL. 7 :
ISS. 1 , ARTICLE 9
Developing the workshop material involved research of a wide range of sociologicaly, futures and decolonial methodologies.
Understanding of these methodologies in combination with design principles and participatory design knowledge led to the
final design of the workshop material.
HOW DOES THE WORKSHOP WORK?
People required : 2- 8
Time required : 45 mins - 70 mins
Facilitator : rotatory facilitator role through a self guided facilitator’s guide
What : A reflective and participatory research framework, incorporating
decolonial inquiry and critical fabulation
Who : international development policy makers and researchers
When and where: during meetings within organisations and institutions
Why: unravelling the deep rooted biases and uncovering new knowledge in the intertnational development field
Tested at CIFS, Future Days and more upcoming tests across Europe with international development and policy based stakeholders