Papers

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Akimenko, D., Sarantou, M. & Miettinen, S. , Collaborative art and storytelling as an empowering tool for social design. , Routledge Publishers, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003227557 , 60-75, 2023.01, This chapter draws on two workshops carried out with a group of Anangu Aboriginal artists and the Fibrespace Incorporated textile artist group in South Australia. The two workshops are part of a two-year project titled ‘Women Living on the Edges of the World’, which is also informally known as ‘Margin to Margin’. The chapter discusses the role of art, storytelling and narrative practice as a means for local empowerment by focusing on the front end of social design processes, when artistic and social design methods are used to familiarise the participants, designers, artists or artist-researchers with one another. Empathy refers to the capacity to understand the elements that shape the realities and situations people face. Empowerment refers to the degree of self-determination and autonomy in groups or individuals and the ability to represent their interests responsibly and in the way they determine..

Special Project, Social Design

Promote international exchange lectures with a focus on service design with at least 4 international organisations and / or universities, such as Aalto University, University of Lapland, Loughborough University. Universidades Desarrollo, University of Architecture and Design Norway, Volkswagen.

Promote and plan the promotion of international lectures with a focus on social design with at least two partner universities, for example with Latvian Art Academy and Politechnico di Milano.

Promote and plan collaboration with the DESIS network and implement a DESIS Cafe at Kyushu University.

Promote collaboration with the Social Design Network (SDN) and apply for membership..