Moving Beyond “Doom & Gloom”
Despite the increasing attention the climate emergency receives from media, institutions, and governments, people are still not engaging with the issue as much as we had hoped. The latest IPCC [...]
Addressing Unknown ‘Unknowns’
Currently, technology is developing at an alarming rate (“International Labour Office”, 2020). Nobody can accurately predict what the future societal landscape will look like. Within my graduation assignment as [...]
Social Innovation: Working with Children
At the study Social Innovation, we students learn a lot about co-creating with other people. Whether you are designing an interactive experience, guiding a complicated process, or supporting the [...]
De Uitvindfabriek: A Tech-Based Experience Centre
For my graduation project, I worked together with the De Uitvindfabriek, an organisation located in Breda. De Uitvindfabriek is an experience centre aimed at the target group of children [...]
Imagine connection – what does it feel like and how can we build it?
“Is human nature separatism, tribalism and passionate distrust of the ‘other’? Or is it co-operation, recognition and, provided basic needs are met, a live-and-let-live attitude to all? What’s your [...]
Vlaardingen Commons
In this blog I will talk about Vlaardingen Commons - a commons-based project for fairer urban housing. This is my graduation project, on which I am working right now [...]
The end of the beginning..
Can you ever be truly finished? I believe not. For now, this is the final blog that I write while being a student at Performatory. Yet, I do not [...]
The underestimated power of social relationships for our well-being
I am not a psychologist who can help people with their state of mind, neither a virologist who can indicate when the virus will slowly lose its power of [...]
Why the small things in life matter and how they ignite change
I believe the small moments in life, those unexpected encounters, create happiness and joy. To extend this thought, I also believe that those small moments are the ignitions for [...]
Contribute to the quality of life #1 | Juul | Green Gary
In our learning community, we learn and work with complex issues of the new economy, where win-win for all parties, the quality of life and the social contribution is just as important as financial profit. In this blog, you read one of the initiatives of our young social innovators. Why do they contribute to the quality of life?