Mit-Mach-Stadt Brandis
Project Lead: Design Research Lab, Innovationskommune Sachsen
Client: Stadt Brandis, Sächsischen Staatsministerium des Innern (SMI)
Responsible for: Analysis and Evaluation, implementation of co-creation workshops, structuring and report during the research process, photograph during workshops,design and layout of presentations and workshop materials
Project type: Research project
The project addresses new forms of civic participation focusing on social and digital connections. The goal was to co-design an inclusive, digital society.
Particularly it should strengthen the positive aspects of digitization and create the conditions for more citizen participation. Citizens are experts in their local community. Participation in their own community and region creates guarantees for positive developments.
We conducted a range of activities: on-site visits, participatory workshops with inhabitants and interventions in public spaces. This resulted in discussion of key issues and a participatory infrastructure with new and existing communication tools.
During the process, several questions emerged: How can we encourage participation, facilitate exchange and create more transparent processes between municipalities and citizens? What opportunities do citizens have to increase the livability of their city in a self-organizing way? How can we create a just and fulfilled coexistence? Which structures can be strengthened by the municipality and what role does digitization play therein?
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