{"id":869,"date":"2024-01-16T09:05:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/?p=869"},"modified":"2024-01-16T09:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:08:46","slug":"unpacking-first-lessons-from-the-urban-livings-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"Unpacking First Lessons from the Urban Livings Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our previous blog post, we provided a glimpse into the enriching experience of the Oslo Summer School, which unfolded through study visits, hands-on work with Oslo&#8217;s youth, and cross-learning activities among partners. Today, we invite you to delve deeper into the results of one of the cross-learning sessions, reflecting on the methods and approaches that create value in the context of Urban Living Labs (ULLs) focused on youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consortium members established three primary goals for the ULLs in Panev\u0117\u017eys (Lithuania), Oslo (Norway), Rotterdam (Netherlands), and Vienna (Austria):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>To make Urban Living Lab a contact zone between diverse urban stakeholders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To achieve high youth engagement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To experiment with placemaking practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The cross-learning session aimed to share approaches and methods currently contributing to these goals in different contexts, with the potential for application elsewhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insights on Making ULL a Contact Zone:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Importance of Physical Space:<\/strong> Identify a shared aim for a physical space of interest, fostering interaction among stakeholders, including youth, municipal workers, and local communities.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meeting Youth Where They Are:<\/strong> Initiate connections with youth in environments they frequent, such as schools or youth centers.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coordination and Communication:<\/strong> Establish clear roles of the different members of the ULL \u2013 in particular youth, employees of the municipality and coordinating organisation \u2013 ensuring inclusive communication and a designated contact person for the youth.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activities, Fostering Dialogue Between Youth and Municipality: <\/strong>Promote activities facilitating exchange and dialogue between the municipality and youth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insights on Achieving High Youth Engagement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Identify Thematic Areas: <\/strong>Understand the areas of interest for the youth and plan activities around those themes, such as sports, food and drink, or street art.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clarity. <\/strong>Design activities with clear goals, explaining them easily.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fun and Motivation:<\/strong> Ensure that activities are fun and enjoyable, find ways to motivate youth (including financial retribution if appropriate).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expert Involvement: <\/strong>Consider involving experts in fields of interest to the youth, enhancing engagement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insights on Experimenting with Placemaking Practices:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Embodied Exploration:<\/strong> Engage senses beyond sight through urban exploration activities, encouraging youth to experience places in unconventional ways.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trying Something New: <\/strong>Introduce tools and activities uncommon in daily life, such as vintage audio \/ video equipment, fostering a spirit of experimentation among youth.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Interactive Installations:<\/strong> Create interactive installations in public spaces, encouraging youth and citizens to interact with their surroundings in novel and enjoyable ways.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Storytelling:<\/strong> Strengthen community ties within ULLs by employing storytelling techniques, allowing participants to personally engage and build common narratives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, the cross-learning session not only provided valuable insights into achieving project goals, but may offer practical guidance for all those involved with youth in urban settings. Meanwhile,&nbsp; as the project journey continues, these preliminary insights will be extended and enriched based on upcoming partners\u2019 experiences during their ULLs .&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_180354-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_180354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_180354-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_180354-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_180354-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_180354-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_124156-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_124156-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_124156-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_124156-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_124156-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_124156-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_123616-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_123616-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_123616-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_123616-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_123616-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive-trustmaking.instance.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20230904_123616-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Egl\u0117 Vitkut\u0117 (Xwhy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our previous blog post, we provided a glimpse into the enriching experience of the Oslo Summer School, which unfolded through study visits, hands-on work with Oslo&#8217;s youth, and cross-learning activities among partners. 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