Retracing Workshop 1

Giving a Voice to Nature.

During the Participatory Design Conference 2024 (PDC2024), the REWORLDING workshop, titled “Giving a Voice to Nature: Participatory Design with Non-Human Stakeholders for Sustainable Development”, brought together all DCs and external researchers. Participants contributed 1,000-word pieces, serving as the foundation for building a research network and sparking discussions on reworlding.

The workshop explored how to design with non-human natural entities, challenging the traditional human-centered approach in participatory design. It addressed the often-overlooked need to involve these entities in the design process, particularly in the context of sustainable development. Through collaborative debate and reflection, participants examined new ways of integrating nature as an active stakeholder in design.