Education Symposium Nature of Knowledge - Afternoon programmeEducation Symposium Nature of Knowledge - Afternoon programme

The ecological crises are changing the spatial and material realities within which design operates, demanding a reorienting of design’s priorities and a rethinking of the tools and methods we use to act in relation and response to these changes. After all, systemic change requires not only transformation of our systems of construction and the materials that we use, but also to our values and our frameworks for thinking and doing. What educational formats and practices acknowledge head on the systemic challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and widening social inequalities, and that equip us to envision collective futures otherwise?

• 1.30 - 2.00 p.m. Doors open and registration
• 2.00 - 2.15 p.m Welcome and introduction by Saskia van Stein, director IABR
• 2.15 - 3.45 p.m Block 1 | Knowledge for a Post-Growth World
• 3.45 - 4.15 p.m. Break | Guided tour exhibition
• 4.30 - 6.00 p.m. Block 2 | Nature of Knowledge

In the context of IABR 2024: Nature of Hope, the symposium Nature of Knowledge will learn from experimental and hopeful pedagogical projects that critically reappraise the knowledges and skills designers need to think with, make with and alliance with. Together we will celebrate some of the essential and inspiring pedagogical initiatives that seek transformative ways of spatially, materially and equitably shaping our living environments with respect and care for the Earth, its lands and its beings.

The symposium consists of an afternoon programme and an evening programme. Please note that tickets for both parts are sold separately. Information on both the afternoon and the evening programme can be found here.