Design-a-Thon with Bamboka Andrew in Kawempe, Uganda.
I was excited to work with Bamboka Andrew and his schoolmates and to see how they would experience the Design-a-Thon process and what kind of ideas they would have. Our theme for the workshop was ‘To Overcome’ with the plan to look at some inspirational stories and inventions and then through a series of design…
‘Designing climate education programs for children and their imaginations in a time of climate crisis’
On the occasion of Professor Tilde Bekker’s Inaugural Lecture at the Eindhoven Technical University, on June the 10th, 2022, there was a public symposium with talks by myself, Professor Helle Skovbjerg and Rob Tieben under the banner: ‘Design for playfulness and learning – Combining theory and practice’ This is a summary of that talk. This…
Include more children speakers at (online) conferences. Some ‘how to’s’ on making it work and keeping it authentic.
Children’s voices are largely missing from debates and conferences, even when they themselves are the subject matter. How can we ensure that more children get to contribute and be heard? In this post I share lessons learned at Design-athon on how we have included children as speakers in a variety of offline, online and international…
Emer Beamer 