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TY - GEN
T1 - Levelling Up North of England for Rural Youth
T2 - 14th International Conference of<br/>the European Academy of Design
AU - Wareing, Laura
AU - Dunn, Nick
AU - Rodgers, Paul
N1 - Conference code: 14
PY - 2021/12/21
Y1 - 2021/12/21
N2 - This paper explores how co-design approaches contribute to support, learning and work opportunities for young people who are socially and economically disadvantaged because of where they live in the UK. The paper presents a project in which an arts organisation, design researcher and young people living in three rural areas in the North West of England came together to co-design opportunities for rural youth. The approach benefitted all involved, delivering outcomes such as new networks, youth spaces, paid work opportunities and transformed the arts organisation’s practice. The approach also broadened awareness of rural opportunities, shifted views on living and working rurally, increased confidence, developed skills and created informal career guidance spaces. The paper advocates for design research to address place-based socioeconomic inequalities, therefore “levelling up” and rebalancing the learning, support and work opportunities for young people, therefore investing in peoples’ lives through collaborative design.
AB - This paper explores how co-design approaches contribute to support, learning and work opportunities for young people who are socially and economically disadvantaged because of where they live in the UK. The paper presents a project in which an arts organisation, design researcher and young people living in three rural areas in the North West of England came together to co-design opportunities for rural youth. The approach benefitted all involved, delivering outcomes such as new networks, youth spaces, paid work opportunities and transformed the arts organisation’s practice. The approach also broadened awareness of rural opportunities, shifted views on living and working rurally, increased confidence, developed skills and created informal career guidance spaces. The paper advocates for design research to address place-based socioeconomic inequalities, therefore “levelling up” and rebalancing the learning, support and work opportunities for young people, therefore investing in peoples’ lives through collaborative design.
KW - Co-design
KW - rural
KW - young people
KW - levelling up
U2 - 10.5151/ead2021-157
DO - 10.5151/ead2021-157
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
T3 - Blucher Design Proceedings
SP - 506
EP - 518
BT - 14th International Conference of the European Academy of Design
PB - Blucher Publishing House
CY - São Paulo
Y2 - 12 October 2021 through 15 October 2021
ER -