In this track, exploration extends to the far-reaching impact of design in addressing pressing systemic global and local social issues related to the various ways communities can live together, while exploring their networks and the systems related to them. We are looking for submissions that navigate the intricate terrain of participatory practices, harnessing design-based processes, and the potent influence of activism, while also pursuing insights related to the necessary shifts in existing references and future preferences regarding different ways of living.

Potential themes

• Communities and networks
• Participatory design and art practices
• Social design
• Design of social decision making
• Systemic co-design
• Design for politics
• Art and design activism
• Designing for equity and fairness
• Bottom-up strategies
• Civic engagement through art and design
• DIY movements

Track chairs

Bori Fehér

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest

Jennifer Schubert

University of Applied Sciences Augsburg

Liesbeth Huybrechts

University of Hasselt