Category Archives: Project Report

The Nobel Peace Prize for Not Confusing People: Reflections on the 2010 Health Care Intensive

Posted on July 2, 2010 by admin

by Susan Parenti 3pm, May 27, Thursday in Olympia, Washington—Cool, rainy weather, deserted streets… Suddenly the friendly Olympia Community Center is swamped with a group that will swell into 122 people over the next three days—participants in the 2010 Thinking … Continue reading →

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An Oddmusic Instrument Garden

Posted on July 1, 2010 by admin

by Jacob Barton Originally a composer only of music, I have in the last decade become interested in composing not only music, but also social contexts for music, so that music be an input to society (not only an output).  … Continue reading →

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Up Close, No One is Normal

Posted on December 5, 2009 by admin

by Danielle Chynoweth Thanksgiving, November 26, 2009 We are exploring a pedagogy of desire for four days in a smoggy corner of Milan. Upon arrival at the location where we will sleep, eat, and teach, we enter a portal emblazoned … Continue reading →

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From the Archive: City Imaginings

Posted on October 17, 2009 by admin

City Imagining: an idea, implemented/able on the scale of a city which: offers interesting solutions to common problems increases the freedom of city residents, decreases power differences, and/or helps residents participate in the decisions which affect their lives. This booklet was compiled … Continue reading →

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CompAct Session

Posted on July 23, 2009 by admin

text by Melanie Meltzer and Jacob Barton film by Rob Scott How can activism and music composition be resistence AND a contribution? When do either make a difference to society? When is activism new? When is music new? Composition of … Continue reading →

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Resisting Berlusconi’s Education Reforms in Italy

Posted on June 25, 2009 by admin

by Danielle Chynoweth Genoa rises up from the sea, a chaotic surface of bricks and stone and tangled streets holding several thousand years of memory in the arc of its harbor. Our first stop is AutAut – a squatted space … Continue reading →

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Da Crucial Artz

Posted on June 9, 2009 by admin

by Rob Scott I spent a day taping the wierdo champion Chu-uck D as he provided a spanarchist perspective on our little town of Urbana-Champaign. Over the course of the day, several locals received an exposition of da (not the) … Continue reading →

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Blogging from the Health Care Design Intensive

Posted on February 5, 2009 by admin

The Health Care Design Intensive is ongoing at the American Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore and Mark and Danielle have posted some descriptions on a blog here.

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Fall 2008 Semester is over

Posted on December 13, 2008 by admin

The School for Designing a Society Fall Semester 2008 culminated in a night of performances and shared projects at the La Casa house where several participants have been residing.The theme/title was “Choose your own…” borrowing from the stucture of “choose … Continue reading →

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Eduacare al Desiderio 2008 — Re(x)sistance

Posted on December 3, 2008 by admin

Our Italian comrades Ginevra Sanguigno, Patrizia Mainardi, and Cristina Finotti organized a one week course entitled “Re(x)sistance” — making a play on words where one could read “resistance” or “re-exisistance”. Amongst the snow-capped mountains of Pruno di Stazzema, in the … Continue reading →

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