How to build inclusion and collaboration in your communities Can you design belonging? Susie Wise says yes. And no. Belonging is a feeling. Everyone experiences it differently. What you can design are all kinds of things that help the feeling to emerge: spaces that nurture us, rituals that bring us together, roles that develop authentic …
Inner Development for Change Training Series Change starts within Awareness is needed for intentional change. Inner development expands awareness of self, others and our contexts. As humanity faces increasingly complexity in our world, we need to develop capacity to evolve and adapt and better handle the rapid change. We need skills and practices that increase …
yourtown’s mission to enable young people, especially those who are marginalised and without voice, to improve their quality of life. Learn about yourtown’s service design practice working with young people with lived experience of mental health challenges. Yourtown is one of Australia’s best-known youth organisations. Recently it has begun its human-centred design practice in the redesign of its service …
Join Social Design Sydney for our second reading salon! We will be discussing a short book of prose called Living on Stolen Land By: Ambelin Kwaymullina Living on Stolen Land is a prose-styled look at our colonial-settler ‘present’. This book is the first of its kind to address and educate a broad audience about the colonial contextual history of Australia, …
Designing for Liberation with Tania Anaissie How might design practice need to adapt to serve the social sector? How might we align our design practice to our values? In design’s translation from the for-profit to social sectors it brought with it some harmful practices that no longer serve us. Join us to hear Tania’s journey of dissecting …
Moving towards sustainable transitions is so critical in these times. Amongst many other events, the recent catastrophic floods in Australia are testimony to this. What is the place for designers in helping communities transition to more sustainable futures? Kimberley Crofts will discuss her PhD which aims at understanding how to increase participation and the legitimacy of the community’s voice …
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Design legend and Universal Design pioneer, Patricia Moore will share stories of her renown work. Patricia (Pattie) Moore is a pioneering female designer, gerontologist (social scientist of the aging), author, educator and design thought leader. Pattie has been named by ID magazine as one of the 40 Most Socially Conscious Designers in the world. During 1979-1982, …
Lets talk self care strategies “By developing the deep sense of awareness needed to care for ourselves while caring for others and the world around us, we can greatly enhance our potential to work for change, ethically and with integrity for generations to come.” – Connie Burk and Laura van Dernoot Lipsky Vicarious trauma, Secondary Trauma or …
Design research methods that helps not harms Trauma is common within society at large and is particularly prevalent amongst vulnerable populations, First Nations peoples and people with Lived Experience of mental health challenges. Trauma informed practice is a strengths-based framework that supports responsiveness to the impact of trauma, enabling physical, psychological, and emotional safety for both …
