Tutorial DESIS philosophy talk #6.4 regenerating democracy: a design contribution
Abstract
This workshop1 aims to provide insight in and research collaboratively with the participants how Hannah Arendt's philosophy can contribute to the discussion about `Participatory Design and Democracy'. The Workshop addresses and discusses how Arendt's understanding of democracy in her book The Human Condition [1] can support design research in questioning if and how far PD is currently regenerating the democratic discourse in local and international contexts. The workshop is framed in the context of the DESIS Philosophy Talks [2], an initiative of DESIS Network [3] _in collaboration with the Design and Democracy Platform [4]. These talks address practical issues and topics that emerge from action-based design research by using the lenses of philosophy, and exploring how the result of these discussions can add meaningful value to design research as such.
