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| Area | Dr. Ambedkar School, Martin Luther King Dormitory and surroundings | |
| Place | Miskolc | |
| Country | Hungary | |
| Topics | Landscape and Democracy Challenges, segregation, roma community | |
| Author(s) | Tayana Passos Rosa, Nóra Buffham, Viki Bolvári, Anita Reith, Eszter Jákli | |
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Landscape Democracy Rationale
- Dr. Ambedkar School is a Buddhist school with a focus on working with the Roma community. The school is located in the city of Miskolc, the city is known as an industrial town and has a very diverse townscape with many industries and housing estates, but it is mostly residential in the School surroundings. Also known as the second chance school, it is a secondary school where the students are encouraged to improve their quality of life through better education, to be able to reach the formal job market, and have a stable job with a fair wage.
- The school was moved to its location in Miskolcs in 2019 before it was located in a Roma settlement called Sájokaza to the north of Miskolc. The Roma community faces many landscape and social challenges in their settlements due to their very poor conditions. One of the main challenges is the segregation from the Roma community to the Hungarian community. Being usually placed in enclosed housing blocks or distant settlements, where the health conditions, education, and job opportunities are very poor.
- Besides keeping the students engaged, the challenges the school faces include the contrast in the landscape between the Roma settlements and the City of Miskolc, and also the school structure which is not adapted to be a school and lacks leisure areas.
Location and Scope
- Location of Dr. Ambedkar School.
The school is located in Miskolc, in the Northern region of Hungary. This is one of the poorest regions in the country, and many Roma settlements are located here. Although the city of Miskolc is the 4th biggest in Hungary, the Roma settlements around it are small, mostly ruined in structure and their residents are very poor.
Phase A: Mapping Your Community
Welcome to Your Community and Their Landscape
- The Roma community from Miskolc's surroundings and the Dr. Ambedkar School
Introduction of the Roma community from the surroundings of Miskolc and the Dr. Ambedkar School location and surroundings
Introduction of the community challenges. The segregation the Roma Community faces and the challenges to accomplish a better quality of education and career oportunities.
Groups of Actors and Stakeholders in Your Community
- Relationships of Miskolc's community and the School's Community
Community map for Dr. Ambedkar School and surroundings
Stakeholders map for Dr. Ambedkar School
Relationships Between Your Actors and Groups
- Power map of the community
Power map of Miskolc focusing on the Dr. Ambedkar School
Summary of Your Learnings from the Transnational Discussion Panel
Reflection of what was discussed during the online sections aligned to the community analysis
Theory Reflection
- What are the next steps?
Reflection over the working methodologies.
Sustainable development goals for the case study
Reflection of the challenges faced and tools available to the team while working in a pandemic situation.
References
- Ludwig, S. (Director). (2016). Angry Buddha [Documentary film].
- http://www.ambedkar.hu/
- https://www.hellomiskolc.hu/
- https://www.ksh.hu/regionalatlas_regions
- Shelley Egoz, Jala Makhzoumi and Gloria Pungetti (2011): The Right to Landscape: An Introduction
- Arnstein, Sherry R.(1969): A Ladder of Citizen Participation
Phase B: Democratic Landscape Analysis and Assessment
Tayana Passos Rosa and Angkita Hawlader Correspondence
Angkita and I exchanged some emails regarding the readings. It was a pity that, because I couldn't reply during a period, I lost the opportunity to continue exchanging emails with her for this Assignment. Some communication problems occurred and I couldn't be assigned to another partner. But even though the exchange with Angkita was short, it was fruitful and I'll share here some of it and then some thoughts of my own.
Highlighting here, I'll add some of my thoughts related to the reading and our Living Lab in Budapest.
My overall reflection from the readings is that if you want to design for a community you need to first truly understand it. All knowledge is valuable, from the community experience in their everyday life, their culture, until the most specialized scientific knowledge from the professionals assigned to work in the area. And this exchange is beneficial to all because everyone learns something during this process, and every opinion weights the same. My favorite quote from all the readings is: "design with empathy rather than sympathy" (de la Pena et al. p. 10). I think this fits so well in our Budapest Living Lab situation. We are working with Dr. Ambedkar School, a Buddhist school mostly for the Roma community in Northern Hungary. The community faces a low education rate, poverty, lack of career opportunities, among many other challenges, all caused by segregation and prejudice. The school methodology tries to give the students another light on possibilities for the future through studies. I think the second chapter from de la Peña has very valuable tools to try and apply in this project, to go beyond the research of the community in a virtual environment, but also visit them in real life, experience their landscape, but especially see through their eyes and try and combine all our pieces of knowledge to achieve the best solution possible.
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Phase C: Collaborative Visioning and Goal Setting
The Scene in Your Story of Visioning
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The Actors in Your Story of Visioning
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The Story of Visioning
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Reflect on Your Story of Visioning
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Phase D: Collaborative Design, Transformation and Planning
Your Prototyping Action
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The Evolution of Your Prototyping Action
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The Plan Behind Your Prototyping Action
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The Realization of Your Prototyping Action
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Reflect on Your Prototyping Action
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Phase E: Collaborative Evaluation and Future Agendas
Collaborative Evaluation and Landscape Democracy Reflection
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The Actors in your Collaborative Evaluation
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Reflection on the Online Seminar
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Reflection on the Living Lab Process
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Your Living Lab Code of Conduct
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Process Reflection
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