Angelique Motunrayo Folasade Àyìnkẹ́ C-Dina, Estefania Ciliotta Chehade, Maria Fernanda Ramirez Cifuentes, and Michael Arnold Mages
This workshop invites participants to explore participatory design through the lens of performance and shared embodiment. Drawing from theatre-based methods, we will experiment with tools that surface power, foster presence, and make space for joy even in the face of discomfort. Together, we will engage in exercises that aim to deepen understanding and bring the complexity of our contemporary social and political environments into the room—tactile, relational, and improvisational practices that support deeper attunement across difference.
KEYWORDS: story circle, participatory design, sand tray world Black, Black feminism
RSD TOPIC(S): Health & Well-Being, Mapping & Modelling, Society & Culture
May This be a House of Joy
May this be a House of Joy.
May we be open here to dreams,
and to each other.
May all who enter in these magic walls
feel love and feel respect
for learning and each other.
May we be always friends to life.
May we walk in that friendship.
May learning live in this house.
May it never leave.
—by Lucille Clifton
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The RSD14 workshop folder contains a downloadable brief with each workshop's context and background, agenda, facilitator profiles, and key references.