SHOWCASE: Community Engagement & Participatory Design
Building W41 (MET Warehouse), Room 1402, 3 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA
Admission: Free
A public showcase in conjunction with the Forum on Community Engagement and Participatory Design in Humanitarian Innovation and Disaster Response. A public showcase of posters and project displays from participants in the Forum on Community Engagement and Participatory Design in Humanitarian Innovation and Disaster Response, as well as from students, faculty, and organizations engaged in this work. Light refreshments will be served. Background Humanitarian crises are growing in scale and frequency, while at the same time, funding and other resources for humanitarian aid are shrinking. Humanitarian innovation strives to help close that gap by designing and developing new and more effective aid products, processes, and programs. The scarcity of resources makes it increasingly important to ensure that these innovations are culturally and contextually appropriate to maximize their effectiveness and efficiency. Since the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, there has been growing emphasis on the importance of increasing participation of the affected population in humanitarian solutions. This moment makes finding practical pathways to do so even more urgent. The convergence of several…