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

[Emily Knox]

As in "no we don't provide a speaker."  It's for Big Famous Tenured people.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Emily Knox <emilyknox at gmail.com> wrote:

> Haha.
>
> No.
>
> Thanks though.
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Gergana Slavova <
> gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
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