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PAPERS: Troubling Transitions 1: Frictions of power in futuring efforts Location: 50 George Square, G.04 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/george-square-50 Session Chair: Dan Lockton, Norwich University of the Arts Session Chair: Anja Overdiek, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences | |
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Redesigning transition arenas for power-sensitive participation Aalto University, Finland Transition arenas are organised to facilitate and guide sociotechnical system change. The organisers invite identified stakeholders in the set problem area to design desirable futures and develop transition pathways. Typically, a transition arena is organised by a transition team who wield power and authority in the transition context. Our broader research project develops transition arenas to facilitate a transition towards gender-equal futures in the Finnish music industry. This research-through-design study investigates how transition arenas can be organised in alignment with intersectional feminist values, specifically focusing on the establishment phase of the process. Through workshops with industry stakeholders, we explore avenues for transition arenas to become industry driven, centre the impacted people and decentre the transition team. In our analysis, we bring forward both how stakeholders are given power and agency over the transition process before the transition team is formed and the impact that this approach has. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1739
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