Assignment 5: Your Democratic Change Process (2017)
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Time frame
May 15 - 29, 2017
Task description
During the last part of the seminar you are invited to imagine yourself as the designer of a process. This process will include the community in addressing the challenges you have identified. Your approach should include the following elements:
- a power map identifying who is affected by the challenge and who is influencing it
- a selection of tools and methods for activating the actors involved. Think about the needs of different groups - you may need a mix of tools to address and involve them all. Be purposeful and methodical in the way you select and combine those tools.
- a scenario illustrating how these tools can be applied within a short, medium and long term perspective involving the groups you want to address, this should include a process timeline
- evaluate in the group how far your ideas either built on the theoretical frame that has been introduced to you during this seminar or react to this by filling a potential gap.
You will present your findings in the plenary on May 29, 2017
Submission format and presentation
Group work:
- Decide in your teams on one local challenge to develop further
- complete template with graphical representations and short explanatory texts
- reflect how your work relates to the theoretical frame, prepare group presentation
- you can use this PPT template for developing your presentation
Evaluation criteria
- Creativity and innovation
- evidence of solid theoretical and methodological knowledge
- Completeness, depth and formal correctness of required elements
- Visible synergy of project team
- Quality of documentation
- Quality of oral presentation (i.e. keeping time limits, clarity, expression, quality of presentation slides)