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Civic Design: Tools for Participation
Domenico Di Siena
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Civic Design: Tools for Participation

Online course on the Civic Design method

Domenico Di Siena

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Details
Collection
Civic Design
Format
Online video course
Platform
Public Mesh Learning · Udemy
Language
Spanish · English
Editions
Spanish · English
Access
Lifetime access · self-paced
School
Public Mesh Learning

A practical course for architects, public servants, social innovators and activists who want to move from designing for people to designing with them. It is the applied version of the book Civic Design: tools, cases and exercises to use the method in real processes.

About the author

Domenico Di Siena is a civic designer, architect and researcher. For more than twenty years he has worked with cities, European programmes and institutions on participation, public innovation and civic infrastructure.

What you will learn

  • Apply Civic Design methodologies to solve urban and social challenges while fostering Collective Intelligence.
  • Design and implement civic projects that improve urban life through active citizen engagement.
  • Develop participation strategies that genuinely involve communities in decision-making and transformation processes.
  • Establish and apply criteria to evaluate social, economic, and environmental impact of civic initiatives.

What you need

  • No formal prerequisites: the course is designed for mixed backgrounds and you’ll learn by doing.
  • Bring curiosity, openness to uncertainty, and a real-world case (even a small one) to apply the work.
  • You only need a computer, stable internet, and a willingness to collaborate and document your learning.

Course content · 8 sections · 29 items · 3 h 8 min

Introduction3 · 18 min
  1. Why Civic Design? Open lesson7 min
  2. The Civic Designer Open lesson7 min
  3. Civic Designer's Manifesto5 min
Civic Engagement5 · 31 min
  1. Ambient Awareness8 min
  2. The Identity of a Place5 min
  3. Prosumer Citizenship6 min
  4. The Power of Commons7 min
  5. Open Source Urbanism5 min
Governance6 · 34 min
  1. Situated Collective Intelligence6 min
  2. Extitution & Pervivence7 min
  3. Multi-belonging & Adhocracy6 min
  4. Convergent Autonomies6 min
  5. Resilient Permeability4 min
  6. Transparency & Accountability6 min
Digital Sphere, Artificial Intelligence and Civic Innovation5 · 37 min
  1. Network Communication8 min
  2. Physical-Digital Hybridization7 min
  3. Digital Commons9 min
  4. Metacivica and Participation7 min
  5. Civic Design and Artificial Intelligence6 min
Space and Community Activation2 · 12 min
  1. Civic Spaces6 min
  2. How to Activate an Innovative Community6 min
The Practice3 · 20 min
  1. Funding Civic Design Practice8 min
  2. How to work with Public Administration6 min
  3. Rethinking Public Participation6 min
Civic Design Toolbox4 · 28 min
  1. Circular Process Canvas6 min
  2. Co-Design Canvas7 min
  3. Civic Sphere Matrix7 min
  4. Collective Intelligence Canvas8 min
Case Study1 · 7 min
  1. Dreamhamar | The Project that Invented Civic Design7 min

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