parliament of species
Interaction design,
Academic Research,
Participatory Design,
Speculative Design
Prototyping,
Workshops,
tags
team
Alexandra Veskoukis
Anaëlle Beignon
Leyla Allendes
Love Lagerkvist
Marsali Miller
context
Design & Social
Innovation.
Malmö University.
2020.
duration
2 months
The Parliament of Species is an online project aimed at allowing citizens to collaboratively shape future outcomes while addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Through an online platform for experimentation and collaboration, the project aims to make the complex challenges of AMR accessible to citizens and facilitate meaningful engagement between scientists and citizens. Inspired by the concept of "exquisite corpse," the project seeks to foster collaborative idea-building among citizens for envisioning potential futures.
background
The Parliament of Species is an online platform that enables citizens to collaboratively create policies based on scientific projections regarding the future of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The complexity of AMR affects not only humans. For this reason, citizens participate from the perspectives of Aqua, Fauna, Flora, and Homo Sapiens. Citizens contribute to the evolution of ideas by building upon scientific projections and previous policy proposals, incorporating diverse perspectives. The platform archives these policies, showcasing the citizens' perspectives, values, and knowledge on the issue of AMR.
What is Anti Microbial Resistance (AMR)?
According to the World Health Organisation, is a global issue that threatens the effective prevention and treatment of infections cause by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi
Our Stakeholders
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Researcher from Department of Social Work, Malmö University
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The Research Institute of Sweden (RISE)
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The Public Health Agency of Sweden
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Strama
design process
research
ideation
workshop
prototyping
testing
outcome
ideation
The project's inspiration came from the collaborative game exquisite corpse, where citizens take turns drawing a picture together. This same concept was applied to the speculative future of AMR, where we asked
citizens to work together to envision an imaginary futures.
At this stage we had to consider a number of different means through which we could encourage citizens to collectively envision futures from the perspectives of the different entities: Aqua, Fauna, Flora and Homo Sapiens.
ideation
From the ideation phase we created an online platform that gathers an archive of imaginaries used by citizens for speculations. In this platform, citizens collaborate to develop global policy proposals in response to scientific projections on the future of AMR. Each participant selects an entity (Aqua, Fauna, Flora, or Homo Sapiens) and is given a scientific projection and a policy proposal from a previous participant. The objective is to either modify the existing policy proposal or create a new one that prioritises the well-being of their chosen entity.