Transformation and Participation
We create a greater understanding of the lived and experienced relationships of different actors to questions of transformation, justice and participation in the region.
The A1 innovation team develops practice-theoretical perspectives on transformation as a lived experience. Using qualitative, creative and participatory research methods, we shed light on the everyday, situated and emotional dimensions of regional transformation processes. In this way, we create a greater understanding of the lived and experienced relationships of different actors to questions of transformation, justice and participation in the region.
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We understand transformation not as a fixed ‘program’, but as a contested, dynamic process that emerges out of spatially embedded relationships. Thus, we analyze the various practices through which different actors enter into a relation with matters of transformation, justice and participation in the region. We conceptualize this “relating” as multimodal: an everyday, socio-spatially differentiated, emotional experience of, and influence on, transformational dynamics. A praxeological transformation research will focus on the informal ways of dealing with transformation that take place ‘under the radar’ of dominant programs and discourses. In this way, it can (1) enlarge established understandings of transformation and participation, opening up alternative potentials for participation, (2) uncover tensions between different aspects of social change and (3) provide impetus for the social mediation of transformation.
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Here you can find all the events where you can meet our research team. We look forward to your visit!
„Interoperability regulation in the EU: Opening iOS and Android for Free Software”
From January 31 to February 1, 2026, the annual FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting) conference will take place in Brussels.
“Conflict – Space – Emotion: Understanding and working with local conflicts”
In Erfurt, researchers and practitioners will come together at the end of February 2026 for the LoKoNet conference “Conflict – Space – Emotion: Understanding and working with local conflicts”.
JTC meets Region: Research, Dialogue and the Future of Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Excursion to Bitterfeld-Wolfen: Between dismantling, remembrance and commitment
