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Author: Sikko Cleveringa & Paul Gofferjé
 
Author: Sikko Cleveringa & Paul Gofferjé
  
= Open call for issue # 3 : Radical Reframing =
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=Special Issue and open call on 'Radical Reframing'
  
For this new issue of Beyond Social we’re looking for artistic and theoretical contributions that shed new light on the problem of radicalization. Within different cultures and contexts radicalization seems to be increasing among young people. The central questions of the program: what can the role of design and art be in such complicated contexts? What is the best way to build trust and how can artistic interventions change the perspectives of all parties involved? Can we identify social messages coming from the underlying causes of radicalization and can we amplify them for the good of the people involved?
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'''How to design interventions addressing underlying causes of radicalization?'''
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Within different cultures and contexts radicalization among young people is increasing. We see not only an increase of Islamic radicalization but at least as much increase in right-wing extremism. Reframing is a promising design-method to deal with complex issues. Can radicalization be reframed? Can we intervene in its underlying social processes like exclusion, frustration and anger? The goal is not so much to solve radicalization, but to create a whole new perspective on the situation itself. 
  
'''Feel free to contribute; upload your content in 2017!'''
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'''Special Issue'''
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The first half year of 2017 Beyond Social will serve as a platform to explore these questions. Our point of departure is the ‘Radical Reframing Identity and Integration’ research program (RRII) which has been initiated by No Academy, and has been implemented together with the Designing Out Crime research centre (Sydney), the University of Technology Sydney and the Hague University. The RRII program was conducted in three cities at the same time: Arnhem, The Hague and Sydney, Australia. In each city, a team of young designers/artists worked under the guidance of experienced social design thinkers such as Paul Gofferjé, Dick …. and Kees Dorst. The program aims to link creativity and imagination of designers and artists to the craftsmanship of city professionals (eg. police officers and youth workers) and to develop a more imaginative, connecting and empathic way of "positive communication" on this subject.  As an introduction of this special issue we publish a short description of the RRII research project, two reflections on radicalization and a first report of Kees Dorst about the pilot in Sydney. In January we will publish the results of the pilots in The Hague and Arnhem.
  
Questions that were the basis for our program: '''Radical Reframing Identity & Integration (RRII) 2016'''.  The program brought a few together, such as No Academy, Haagse Hoge School and the Design Out Crime Centre.  Together we wrote a special curriculum based on a methodology named 'Frame Creation’, it was used over and over again by Kees Dorst and his team of the Design Out Crime Centre in Sydney, Australia. The results of the RRII program show that this method is a very promising (design) method for dealing with complex issues. More results of this program will be published at the beginning of 2017. Since we were asked by Beyond Social as guest editors, we selected several articles to illustrate the problems that we are dealing with:
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'''Open Call'''
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These articles are only a start. We’re looking for more contributions that shed new light on radicalization, reframing and/or artistic ways to intervene in these processes. Dare to share. We’re open for different types of media (text, pictures, video, audio) from different countries and disciplines. Feel free to contribute! We will edit and publish your contributions on a regular basis in collaboration with the Guest Editors Paul Gofferje, Dick and
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In June 2017 we will write a synthesis and organise a meetup to discuss the findings.
  
* Kees Dorst (Australia) explains in his article ‘Don’t be a stranger’ what happened with the project in Sydney.
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* Gintautus Mazeika (Lithuania) writes about autonomism in his lecture made for a group of social designers invited to Lithuania.
 
 
 
* Eefje Cobussen interviewed Stijn Sieckelinck about moral relationships of authority and radicalization.
 
  
  

Revision as of 02:21, 15 December 2016

Author: Sikko Cleveringa & Paul Gofferjé

=Special Issue and open call on 'Radical Reframing'

How to design interventions addressing underlying causes of radicalization? Within different cultures and contexts radicalization among young people is increasing. We see not only an increase of Islamic radicalization but at least as much increase in right-wing extremism. Reframing is a promising design-method to deal with complex issues. Can radicalization be reframed? Can we intervene in its underlying social processes like exclusion, frustration and anger? The goal is not so much to solve radicalization, but to create a whole new perspective on the situation itself. 

Special Issue The first half year of 2017 Beyond Social will serve as a platform to explore these questions. Our point of departure is the ‘Radical Reframing Identity and Integration’ research program (RRII) which has been initiated by No Academy, and has been implemented together with the Designing Out Crime research centre (Sydney), the University of Technology Sydney and the Hague University. The RRII program was conducted in three cities at the same time: Arnhem, The Hague and Sydney, Australia. In each city, a team of young designers/artists worked under the guidance of experienced social design thinkers such as Paul Gofferjé, Dick …. and Kees Dorst. The program aims to link creativity and imagination of designers and artists to the craftsmanship of city professionals (eg. police officers and youth workers) and to develop a more imaginative, connecting and empathic way of "positive communication" on this subject.  As an introduction of this special issue we publish a short description of the RRII research project, two reflections on radicalization and a first report of Kees Dorst about the pilot in Sydney. In January we will publish the results of the pilots in The Hague and Arnhem.

Open Call These articles are only a start. We’re looking for more contributions that shed new light on radicalization, reframing and/or artistic ways to intervene in these processes. Dare to share. We’re open for different types of media (text, pictures, video, audio) from different countries and disciplines. Feel free to contribute! We will edit and publish your contributions on a regular basis in collaboration with the Guest Editors Paul Gofferje, Dick and In June 2017 we will write a synthesis and organise a meetup to discuss the findings.

Check here to find out how to join our wiki and publish. Feel free to contribute!!