The YOUTH Spring School took place from 10 to 14 June as part of the YOUTH project funded by the CTS. In the context of the project, the aim was to further develop the transdisciplinary and intersectional methodological framework for researching social inequality among young people and to engage in a translocal and transdisciplinary exchange with international academic partners and NGOs. In this regard, the YOUTH Spring School was conceived as an educational format based on the principles of academic co-production, in which the consortium partners of the project and NGOs from different regions of the world as well as international students jointly produce new forms of urban knowledge that are relevant for young people, universities and society in general. The Spring School focussed on the question of how the use of technology affects young people’s (in)equal access to and use of public space.
To explore this question, the YOUTH Spring School offered a diverse and varied programme, ranging from inputs on “Youthhood, Everyday Life and Public Space”, “Relational Approaches to Youthhood”, “Social Inequality and Youth Protest” or “Youth/Digital Streetwork and Social Area Analysis” to keynotes on “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Media” and field trips to the “actionFabrik” of youngCaritas. As CTS, we were able to take part in some of these programme items and gain exciting insights into the topics and working methods.
Furthermore, as CTS, we are particularly pleased to have supported the YOUTH Spring School programme by sponsoring a social dinner for the Spring School participants on 13 June at the Magdas Hotel.
We are looking forward to analysing the results of the YOUTH Spring School and will of course present them here.
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