PARTY (Participatory Development with The Youth)

The challenges faced by the marginalized youth in developing countries, such as unemployment, are not simple or easily solved. This is influenced by a number of factors including levels of education, gender, self-esteem, geographic location, physical ability and transport.

Employment and educational opportunities are two factors which impact on the future success of young individuals. PARTY aims to endorse human development and assist in reducing youth unemployment by increasing the involvement and inclusion of young people in service development in South Africa and Namibia by using participatory and explorative service design tools. The project focuses on San youth and young adults (13–24 years of age), especially living in poor or otherwise marginal conditions who either are or face the risk of becoming marginalized. The project advances service design approach in the field of developmental research and at the same time develops innovative, participatory methodology and tools for developmental cooperation.

 

Travelling in Cape Town

Party-blog

Pirjo Puurunen, Photographer, University Lecturer, University of Lapland

 

 

Landscape in Northern Cape

Party-blog

Pirjo Puurunen, Photographer, University Lecturer, University of Lapland

 

 

The importance of cultural guides

Party-blog

Pirjo Puurunen, Photographer, University Lecturer, University of Lapland

 

 

Poster Intervention at No access without consent – Arctic Railway and Future of Saami Youth Side Event at UNPFII

prof. Satu Miettinen, Dean of Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland

 

 

Digitalisation and Digital Security, Platfontein

Party blog- Mirva Salminen, Researcher

 

 

ME-HERE-NOW in Kimberley

Party blog- Anu Kylmänen, Clothin Design

 

 

ME-HERE-NOW in Windhoek

Party blog- Anu Kylmänen, Clothin Design

 

 

Party blog, Arto Vitikka, System Analyst

 

 

Paco Design Collarorative blog –

PARTY – Participatory Development With The Youth

 

 

Party-blog

Tarja Juvonen, Phd, Social Sciences

 

 

Paco Design Collarorative blog

-We Are PARTY Project

 

 

Service design tools to engage marginalised youth in San Communities of Southern Africa
Pierandrei, F., Remotti, S., Tang, T., Chivuno Kuria, S., Anfossi, S.
ServDes2018 – Service Design Proof of Concept Politecnico di Milano 18th-20th, June 2018

 

 

Service design tools for stakeholder dialogue and youth empowerment in Africa
Miettinen, s., Tang, T., Remotti, S., Delfino, E., Brutto, F., Dammann, J., Alonso, S.
Cumulus 2018 – To get there: designing together Paris 11th-13th, April 2018

 

 

Social Design for Service. Building a Framework for Designers Working in the Development Context

Kuure, E., Miettinen, S.

Social Design for Service. Building a Framework for Designers Working in the Development Context

The Design Journal
An International Journal for All Aspects of Design
Volume 20, 2017 – Issue sup1: Design for Next: Proceedings of the 12th European Academy of Design Conference, Sapienza University of Rome, 12-14 April 2017

 

Service design for participatory development

Miettinen, S., Vuontisjärvi, H-R.
Service design for participatory development
For Profit, for Good – Developing Organizations through Service Design
2016
p. 68-73

 

Co-creating an Enabling Reading Environment for and with Namibian Children

Itenge-Wheeler, H., Kuure, E., Brereton, M. , WinschiersTheophilus, H.
Co-creating an Enabling Reading Environment for and with Namibian Children
In Proceedings of the 14th Participatory Design Conference
Full papers-Volume 1
2016
p.131-140

 

OPEN DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH

Miettinen, S., Vezzani, V., Chivuno-Kuria, S., Pierandrei, F., van Wyk, M., Vuontisjärvi, H-R.
OPEN DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH
Cumulus Hong Kong 2016: Open Design for E-very-thing
21-24 Nov 2016

 

Rethinking the Marginal – Service Design for Development

Miettinen, S., Vuontisjärvi. H-R.
Rethinking the Marginal – Service Design for Development
Design for All – Designing for the public good
August 2016, Vol-11, No. 8
p. 81-95

 

Sosiaalisen muutoksen muotoilua taiteen keinoin – sankarinmatkoja afrikkalaisten nuorten kanssa

Miettinen, S., Huhtamaa. I., Kontio, T.
Sosiaalisen muutoksen muotoilua taiteen keinoin – sankarinmatkoja afrikkalaisten nuorten kanssa
Ruukku
Vol. 6. 2016
p. 1-25

 

D7.1 Operational Communication Model Established

 

 

D6.3 Communication platforms established and in use

 

 

D6.2 Academic and practical presentations in workshops, seminars and conferences

 

 

 D4.2 Continuation strategy document for embedding the tools and methods

 

 

D5.1Training methods and course packages

 

 

D5.2 Roadmap how to utilise new service design methods when developing new tools to improve local participation and democracy

 

 

D3.1 Recommendations for multi-stakeholders to develop marginalised indigenous youth with their involvement

 

 

D3.2 New practises between the youth and stakeholders and outlines for new service structures

 

 

D3.3 New tools, methods and models for multi-stakeholder service and youth development working models.

 

 

D2.1 Methods for creating local dialogue

 

 

D2.2 New innovative technological solutions and concepts created and disseminated

 

D2.3 Models and methods for preventing the youth marginalisation and creating local dialogue accomplished

 

 

D7.2 Cross-sectoral model for knowledge transfer

 

 

D7.3 Workshop methodology and participation models for internal collaboration

Challenge

Within the scope of inclusive societies, the PARTY-project (Participatory development with the youth) focuses on unemployment among the youth. Unemployment and marginalization is a global challenge that is increasing e.g. in Europe and in Africa. PARTY aims to work together with youth to identify the reasons that lead to unemployment and marginalization. in particular focus is on the San communities of Namibia and South Africa.

Aim

To endorse human development and assist in reducing youth unemployment by increasing the involvement and inclusion of young people in service development in South Africa and Namibia by using participatory and explorative service design tools.

Impact

Methods, skills and knowledge development, supporting inclusion and social cohesion, local democracy, indigineous rights and multidiciplinary collaboration.

Partners

Academic participants represent Human-centered and transformation design (University of Leeds, UK), Art and Design, especially Service Design (University of Lapland, Finland) and Informatics and Design (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa and Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia). Non-academic partners represent variety of sectors: indigenous people’s rights and development issues (SASI, South Africa), and social innovation (PACO Design Collaborative, Italy).

Duration 1.2.2015 – 31.12.2018