[Makerspace-keymembers] Co-Sponsor This Speaker Series?

[Gergana Slavova]

Sounds cool!  I say yes.  Do we have to provide a speaker if we
"co-sponsor"?

I nominate Emily :)

~Gergana

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Emily Knox <emilyknox at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Please let me know if you are willing to have Makerspace Urbana co-sponsor
> (non-financial) the series discussed below.
>
> Anita Chan is doing a lot of the planning for it and the first speaker is
> Anne Balsamo:
> https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/school-of-media-studies-faculty/?id=4e54-4533-4e54-6735
>
> Thanks!
>
> Emily
>
> *Design*
>
> * Dialogues Speakers Series: Methods for Designing more Inclusive Design*
>
>
> Thinking about design, talking about design and doing design should be a
> central
>
>  part of what we do at Illinois. It is in our history. Pioneers designed
> our University 150 years ago, and ever since, numerous innovators have
> designed products, concepts, experiences and ways of teaching that have
>  transformed our world. We have various new
>
>  design initiatives being undertaken today. The aim of this speaker series
> is to contribute to this exciting set of activities by highlighting a
> number of aspects of the design process that may sometimes be marginalized
> or overlooked by some. We want to invite
>
>  speakers who can help us all think about how to make the design process
> more inclusive - and then act to design for ever more inclusive design.
> Inclusive design is not achieved by simply saying “we are inclusive”. It
> needs explicit design interventions. We
>
>  hope that the speakers can help us recognize the already existing
> diversity of design activities that we have, and inform the design of more
> effective design settings, design pedagogy and design methods.
>
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