In urban design it is an accepted part of the placemaking methodology to involve residents or users of a site to be developed. The dialogical process (to borrow from Paulo Freire) between the urban designer and the residents/users provides much richer information to inform the design process and therefore increases the responsivity of the site.
In the case of the review of the curriculum of the BA in Urban Design, Planning and Development, the dialogical process is seen as key to increase engagement from the student and staff bodies and to make sure all partners in the programme (students and staff) develop a sense of ownership and belonging.
Encouraged by the need to develop an NSS Action Plan to deal with low scores (not many at all!) from the 2023 survey, I have decided to kickoff the co-creation process. I want the students to really be a meaningful part of the review of the programme. I found myself repeating the word meaningful several times during my professional life as if sometimes we forget to truly impact our practice from the feedback that we receive from students, or any other partner. This time I want to map the suggestions, cosniderations and impact and deliver somethign that really addresses the suggestions from the engagement process.
A (meanignful) co-creation process allows us to think differently, to address issues that we are not aware of, to create space for all voices to be heard, to create, to innovate and this is how creativity and innovation can be part of curriculum development. I am exploring how many and diverse minds can come together to 'co'-create. From mapping, exploring and evaluating to making sense and meaning as a process for innovation. I am using this diagram as a starting point...
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| Source: https://www.thedigitaltransformationpeople.com/channels/strategy-and-innovation/how-co-creation-leads-to-successful-innovation/ |
These are the slides that I am going to use with the students in the BA UDP programme to start the process of co-creation.
The beginnings of the co-creation process.
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