Post on 15-Apr-2017
LET’S MAKEWORK WORK!
BY DESIGN OR BY DISASTER11 MARCH 2017, UNIBZ
@BRAVENEWALPSLEEDS COLLEGE OF ART / UNIBZ
COMUNfARE2015 – ONGOING
THE GOOD NEWSMore and more designers want to critically and transformatively engage with pressing social and environmental issues.
THE BAD NEWSDesign for progressive eco-social change generally doesn’t pay much, despite the fact that lots of it would be needed.
HOW CAN WE CREATE ECONOMIC CULTURES THAT MAKE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK POSSIBLE?
By collectively activating our skills & resources;
in the short as well as in the long-run;
for as many designers as possible.
DESIGNINGECONOMICCULTURES.NET2011 – 2013
PRECARITYPILOT.NET2014 – ONGOING
IF WE WORK, WHERE WE WORK, WITH WHOM WE WORK, WHAT WE DO ATWORK, AND HOW LONG WE WORK ARE SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND HENCE PROPERLY POLITICAL DECISIONS.
HOW MIGHT MORE OF THIS TERRITORY BE RECLAIMED AS VIABLE TERRAINS OF DEBATE AND STRUGGLE?”
KATHI WEEKS, THE PROBLEM WITH WORK (2011), P.35-36
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PROPOSITIONSTO DISCUSS, EXPAND ON AND EXPERIMENT WITH:
DIVERSE ECONOMIES, SOLIDARITY, STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE, CIRCULATING THE COMMONS, AND DESIGN EDUCATION MAKE WORK WORK
DIVERSE ECONOMIES MAKE WORK WORK
ECONOMIC ICEBERG, J.K. GIBSON-GRAHAM
WORLD-WIDEEXPLOITATIONOF PEOPLE ANDNATURE
DIVERSE ECONOMIES
MAKE WORK WORK
ACADEMIC WORK:RESEARCH / TEACHING
FREELANCEDESIGN WORK
PROJECT COMMISSIONS
PUBLIC FUNDING
GIFTS
TECHNICAL SPONSORSHIP
LOW-CONSUMPTION LIFESTYLE
SKIPPING
SELF-PROVISIONING
FORAGING
BARTER
FINDING STUFF
FAMILY & FRIENDS’ SUPPORT
DIY MAKING & MENDING
LENDING-BORROWING
REDISTRIBUTION
WORK FOR WORKPEER HOSPITALITY & SUPPORT
LIVING IN A HOUSING CO-OP
WELFARE PROVISIONS
WELFARE PROVISIONS
DIY HOUSE RENOVATION
DIVERSE ECONOMIES MAKE WORK WORK
BLACK BARK CO-OP
DIVERSE ECONOMIES MAKE WORK WORK
SOLIDARITY MAKES WORK WORK
FOOTPRINT WORKERS CO-OP LEEDS
PUBLIC WORKSLONDON
SOLIDARITY MAKES WORK WORK
PLATFORM
BREAD FUNDS
STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE MAKES WORK WORK
IMAGE-SHIFT – BILDWECHSEL
HOUSINGCO-OP
HOUSINGCO-OP
WORKERSCO-OP
ROOTSTOCK
NO-BORDERSACTIVISM
RADICALPRINT SHOP
FOODCO-OP
RADICALROUTES
PLANTNURSERY
BREADCO-OP
SOCIALMOVEMENTS
SHARING OF IDEASAND PROJECTS
FREE SPACE FORASYLUM SEEKERS
1/3 SALARYUNWAGED50£/WEEK
ECO-SOCIALCAUSES
CIRCULATION OF THE COMMONS MAKES WORK WORK
HOUSINGCO-OP
HOUSINGCO-OP
WORKERSCO-OP
ROOTSTOCK
NO-BORDERSACTIVISM
RADICALPRINT SHOP
FOODCO-OP
RADICALROUTES
PLANTNURSERY
BREADCO-OP
SOCIALMOVEMENTS
SHARING OF IDEASAND PROJECTS
FREE SPACE FORASYLUM SEEKERS
MONTHLY DONATIONSTO LOCAL CAUSES
1/3 SALARYUNWAGED50£/WEEK
ECO-SOCIALCAUSES
CIRCULATION OF THE COMMONS MAKES WORK WORK
DESIGN EDUCATION CAN MAKE WORK WORK
DESIGN EDUCATION CAN MAKE WORK WORK
THANK YOU & HAPPY EXPERIMENTATION EVERYONE