MDH Living Lab consist of a collaboration between the university, external organizations and society. Through interdisciplinary work we conduct research that involves users (primarily within organizations) in various stages of design and innovation processes. Together we define problems, realize and evaluate, in iterative loops. Co-creation is a skill that has to be learned and developed, therefor we use the board game Our Move, developed by artist and Lecturer Andrea Hvistendahl, that is designed for dialogue, reflection and problem solving. It was originally commissioned for a series of participatory exhibitions in Sweden, and has also been used in conflict management workshops in Iraq & Syria.
“The key idea of this art-piece [Our Move] is to stimulate the players to reflect on [–] group association in different situations or scenarios.”
Florin U. et al. (2016), Collaboration for the Improvement of Tolerance: Artistic Practice in a Societal Context, Intern. Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in The Arts.