This year we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the MS SDM Program. To recognize a decade of building the field of Strategic Design and Management through educating the most talented design strategists from around the world, we will be organizing the MS SDM 10th Anniversary Monthly Seminar Series. The November seminar will feature a talk by Sebastian Prost, Innovation Fellow in Design and Co-Creation at the Centre for Digital Citizens at Northumbria University’s School of Design with an introduction by Dr. Mariana Amatullo, Associate Professor of Strategic Design and Management.
In this talk, Sebastian Prost will offer reflections on over five years of design for social innovation projects in a low-income social housing estate in North East England, UK. Across the projects, the talk will highlight a number of tensions related to design for social innovation: How digital technology enables and disables humans to re-connect with each other and with nature; to what extent both participatory design and charitable organizations can only focus on supporting individuals to “get on” but fail to address systemic issues; the (in)ability of design methods to adapt to cultural contexts; and capacity building and dependency in long-term relationships between academic institutions and communities.
This event is part of the MS SDM 10 Year Anniversary Seminar Series.
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Sebastian Prost works in Newcastle, UK as an Innovation Fellow in Design and Co-Creation at the Centre for Digital Citizens at Northumbria University’s School of Design. His work explores the role of design-led participatory innovation and digital technology in responding to systemic issues, such as climate change, poverty, and discrimination. He is committed to work with marginalised communities in equitable research partnerships for social justice, sustainability, and democracy
