Tools for Change : Activation Session
Event Information
Description
Makerversity are launching a new set of civic hacks to address the big societal issues of our time. Through fostering collaboration between makers and the public we aim to investigate the role that design can play in creating clever and radical solutions to the problems facing our modern world.
In this inaugural event we take a look at PROTEST and ask the question : How can we design for activism?
Working with grassroots organisations Citizens UK & Stop Funding Hate we will run a 2 day hack to create new tools for protest using our community of designers, makers & technologists as a toolkit to come up with solutions to civic issues. The outcomes from this hack will be displayed in an exhibition on the 18th & 19th of November.
Format:
Join us for the opening activation session where we will be interrogating the brief, defining the problems and beginning the ideation process.
Hosts: Kieron Kirkland of We are Cast, Makerversity Director Paul Smyth, Tahmid Islam of Citizens UK, Richard Wilson of Stop Funding Hate.
See below for the full programme here
November 7th : Tools for Change : Activation Session
November 11th : A Brief History of Protest : Talk
November 15th : Inspired by Ideas : Film night
November 16th :
Organiser Makerversity London
Organiser of Tools for Change : Activation Session
We are a curated membership community of makers and creative businesses. As residents within Somerset House Studios, our public programme at Somerset House, part of its wider programming, seeks to explore making's social impact. We present new radical voices - and explore ways we can solve urgent social issues together.
Our 2020 programme explores the social impact of health via art, tech and design. Health can be a personal journey linked to our bodies and mental wellbeing. It can also be a collective way to enact sustainability - treating the Earth's health as connected to our own. From smart health tech to sustainable farming, from art-science to fashion futures. Join our debates and workshops to learn more, contribute ideas and take action.
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