(re)turn to the patio [(re)vuelta al patio] Objectives The association hablarenarte seeks to promote listening mechanisms that contribute to fostering the participation of boys and girls as active subjects within and outside cultural institutions. Mechanisms that facilitate a space for listening, dialogue and action in response to the growing invisibility and privatization of parenting in […]

About the event Due to the ongoing impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, AMBASADA’s Traineeship event adapted from its original format into a reimagined series of localised events. A month-long programme of interventions and activities took place as part of the Traineeship, resulting in a people-powered building project in the heart of a local community. Programme […]

Background of the Traineeships In October 2020, Coboi Lab organised the second of two Urban Lab traineeships with 25 online participants, using Zoom as a digital space for collaboration. The traineeships led by Coboi Lab aimed to share a methodology to tackle social challenges as the tool to carry out transformative projects in the City […]

Designing co-creative and inclusive policy processes About the event On the 30th of January 2020, Urban Lab Skåne organised their first traineeship event: Designing inclusive and co-creative strategy processes. Drawing upon the experiences from the work in Skåne, the traineeship specifically was based on the learnings from the Urban Lab that took place in Skåne […]

for, by, with. Cultural policies and childhood. A round table About the event In early December 2020, hablarenarte collaborated with Intermediae to organise a round table that explored the promotion and implementation of children’s advisory boards within cultural institutions. During the event, participants had the opportunity to hear a range of voices. This included representatives of institutions working children within […]

How to tackle the challenges of the upcoming Dance House Helsinki for the operation of the Cable Factory. About the event As part of the Cable Factory’s activities on participatory development and communal engagement, a series of tenant workshops took place during Autumn 2020. The idea was to bring tenants of Cable Factory together to […]

About the event In February 2020, Creative Industry Kosice organised a week-long traineeship with 24 dynamic and highly motivated participants. The group represented a wide range of vocations such as; public administration, creative professionals and researchers, as well as other professions such as business and PR. The methodology used during this traineeship was based on […]

The focus of the traineeship was on the first two phases of the methodology: observation and exploration. Background of the Traineeships In October 2020, Coboi Lab organised the first of two Urban Lab traineeships. Using Zoom as a digital space for collaboration, the event engaged 25 participants online. The video recording is available below (in Spanish). […]

Background on Urban Lab Lund The aim of Urban Lab Lund is to explore and test methodologies and ways to increase and deepen cooperation and co-creation among different types of stakeholders in Lund - to the benefit of young creatives.  As a part of the process, key stakeholders and a target group of young creatives were […]

Every Urban Lab will organise two traineeships—14 in total—to enhance their skills and to develop common topics together with their fellow Urban Labs and their stakeholders.