Hablarenarte Urban Lab Workshop 2

‘How to organise a citizen laboratory in your city, in your neighbourhood or in your institution: Medialab-Prado‘

In September 2019, Hablarenarte organised their second Urban Lab Workshop in Madrid, which explored how to establish a citizen lab. Through a range of participatory activities, the session tackled important subjects including governance models and decision making processes, inter-cooperation processes such as knowledge sharing, mutual support, exchanges, stakeholders involvement and resources management.

We were delighted to gather together 50 participants including representatives of the Spanish National Agency for International Cooperation and Development, the General Society of Iberoamerican Countries (SEGIB) and the General Directorate of Cultural Industries of the Ministry of Culture.

Workshop Facilitator

The workshop was facilitated by Eva Aguinagalde – a psychologist, who specialises in Social Psychology and Community Development. Eva’s methodology included social techniques, a world café and presentations of case studies from other cities in Spain, Portugal and Latin America such as: LAB Nuevo León – LABNL (México), AULab – Laboratório Cívico da Zona Urbana (Portugal), Innovation Laboratory (Cuba), KUNA Centre for Social Innovation (Bilbao), Imagined City (Valladolid).