Co-Creation in Everyday Welfare Institutions

The dream of UTOPIA often lives in the idea of co-creation – but what does that actually look like in practice? In this session, you are invited to explore the potentials, challenges, and utopias of co-creation – together.

The format is anything but traditional: you are a guest at a fictional knowledge dinner, where beautifully set tables provide the setting for inspiring talks and creative contributions. Throughout the dinner, you’ll be introduced to projects and initiatives that work with co-creation – both within and on the edges of welfare institutions.

You’ll gain insight into how ignorance can be used as an active strategy in development processes, how we can challenge the prejudices surrounding domestic violence, and how artistic methods can strengthen work with vulnerable youth. We’ll also delve into innovative pedagogical approaches in nursing homes and daycares, listen to citizen stories from Nakskov, and explore a variety of art-based methods for co-creation in all their richness and diversity.

Participants

• Pernille Welent Sørensen & Mikkel Snorre Boysen – University College Absalon
• Astrid Laura Dam – Rural Agency X Roskilde University
• Line Mitchell and Gitte Olin Larsen, among others – Holbæk
• Women’s Shelter Medusa
• Frederik Kjær Zeuthen
• Alexander Siboni
• Daniel Rasmus Bisgaard
• Pedagogy students from Absalon, Campus Nykøbing
• Maria Grindheim and Kine Melfald Tveten – Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
• Lars Dahl Pedersen – University College Absalon
• Anja Mølle Lindelof – Roskilde University
• Ingrid Tranum & possibly Anita Albrecht
• Karen Stine Egelund and others – University College Absalon
• Sarah Pihl Petersen – The Danish Institute for Cultural Analysis
• Iben Ammentorp Bentzen – Educator and artist, Roskilde School of Culture
• Mette Rold – Senior Lecturer, University College Absalon
• Sisse Winther Oreskov – University College Absalon and pedagogy student

This event is part of the GRASP OPEN CALL and is organized by researchers from the research group Movement, Creativity and Aesthetics in Pedagogical Work.

Presented by University College Absalon.