Cocreation in urban station communities 2015-2016 Mistra Urban Futures

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Mistra Urban Futures

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Abstract
Focusing on findings from the four transdisciplinary
participation activities (theme days and half-days)
held in 2015 and 2016, the purpose of this report is to
give an overview of co-creative activities in the Urban
Station Communities knowledge process. The report
is targeted at: the public sector’s regional and local
agents; and, the researchers and experts actively involved
in the knowledge process. We hope that the report
will also be relevant for other agents who, in civil society
and the business world, are involved in creating
tomorrow’s urban station communities.
The theoretical frame for our work includes: planning
theory (especially discussion of communicative
action and communicative rationality); action research;
design theory and design-driven dialogues; and,
tools for co-creation and future-oriented planning that
is supported by participative backcasting and scenario
methodology. This frame was significant in structuring
and enabling consideration and evaluation of the activities
that were carried out.
The above-mentioned activities can be grouped into
three main themes: noise, vibration and risk; flexible,
sustainable transport; and, design of sustainable communities.
They were evaluated via questionnaires to
participants after each activity and via a separate interview
study. The conclusions are that there is a positive
basic attitude towards participating in the processes and
that the tools used have been particularly appropriate
for handling complex, strategic, planning issues. Overall,
it can be noted that our frames of reference have
been widened through the theoretical contributions and
the transdisciplinary collaborations. The mix of representatives
from various organisations and professions
is regarded as rewarding. Furthermore, the social capital
resulting from networks being built between people
from different organisations also provides a long-term
basis for exchanges of findings in future processes. In
one case, a more thorough analysis and evaluation of
station options has facilitated subsequent municipal
decision-making processes and a final choice of how
detailed planning is to be carried out.
Critical factors affecting the success of the overall
knowledge process include the limited time for the
activities and their informal nature. The latter means
that there is no guarantee of results being carried forward
into standard practice. However, in the long term,
it may be presumed that structural change in ongoing
practices is possible. This is a subject for further research.
The report gives some glimpses into the co-creation
methodology that we see as central in developing
accessible, green and just urban station communities.
In many ways, co-creation revolves around creative
and trusting collaborations between very many different
agents. Said collaborations are not only for discussing
and analysing the terms and conditions for and
of station communities, but also for presenting and
evaluating alternative proposals and strategies for the
future. Viewed in a wider context, our report is about
a small-scale application of a methodology that offers
great future potential in exploiting development potential
not only in the Gothenburg region, but also in all
Mistra Urban Futures’ platforms elsewhere – local, regional,
national and international.
The co-creation methodology for urban station
communities (and other applications) needs to be further
developed as regards, for example:
• Stronger theoretical linking to many different
subject areas.
• Stronger institutional capacity to enable coordination
between education, professional development,
experimental planning and day-to-day
operations.
• Monitoring of impact on standard practice in
regional and municipal bodies as a basis for
stronger network collaborations between these.

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Författare: Ulf Ranhagen, Amie Ramstedt, Alice Dahlstrand
Utgivare: Mistra Urban Futures
Utgivningsdatum: 2017-05-01
Diarienummer: TRV 2010/11730
ISBN: 978-91-984166-0-2
Antal sidor: 40
Språk: Engelska
Kontaktperson: Alice Dahlstrand, PLa1p