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Urban Living Lab for Local RegenerationBeyond a Buzzword: Situated Participation Through Socially Oriented Urban Living Labs

Urban Living Lab for Local Regeneration: Beyond a Buzzword: Situated Participation Through... [In the broader framework of Living Labs and participatory planning, the essay proposes socially-oriented Urban Living Labs (ULLs) as a possible way of understanding and experimenting with participation in marginalized contexts. It does so by applying a focus on individual/collective capacities and enabling processes to support them. Drawing on the literature and the observation and implementation of concrete cases, the essay proposes a reflection on ULLs as situated environments in which “everyone’s” capacities are formed and tested, thus challenging the functioning of local democracy. This implies a focus as much on residents and local agents as on institutions. The essay proposes a shift from Living Labs to socially oriented Urban Living Labs, in order to foster the social dimension of planning, questioning the mechanisms of involvement and support of the most fragile profiles, often excluded from the political process. The perspective is the implementation of an enabling and mutual learning process through devices to reinforce organizations and people’s ability to reflect on, aspire to, and take action for the transformation of their life context, becoming real agents of change.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Urban Living Lab for Local RegenerationBeyond a Buzzword: Situated Participation Through Socially Oriented Urban Living Labs

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Aernouts, Nele; Cognetti, Francesca; Maranghi, Elena
Cognetti, Francesca
Urban Living Lab for Local Regeneration — Nov 12, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023. This book is an open access publication.
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978-3-031-19747-5
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19 –37
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10.1007/978-3-031-19748-2_2
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Abstract

[In the broader framework of Living Labs and participatory planning, the essay proposes socially-oriented Urban Living Labs (ULLs) as a possible way of understanding and experimenting with participation in marginalized contexts. It does so by applying a focus on individual/collective capacities and enabling processes to support them. Drawing on the literature and the observation and implementation of concrete cases, the essay proposes a reflection on ULLs as situated environments in which “everyone’s” capacities are formed and tested, thus challenging the functioning of local democracy. This implies a focus as much on residents and local agents as on institutions. The essay proposes a shift from Living Labs to socially oriented Urban Living Labs, in order to foster the social dimension of planning, questioning the mechanisms of involvement and support of the most fragile profiles, often excluded from the political process. The perspective is the implementation of an enabling and mutual learning process through devices to reinforce organizations and people’s ability to reflect on, aspire to, and take action for the transformation of their life context, becoming real agents of change.]

Published: Nov 12, 2022

Keywords: Living Labs; Participation; Situated approach; Marginalized contexts

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