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

[Emily Knox]

Any other thoughts on sponsorship?

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Emily Knox <emilyknox at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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