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Participation Playbook

Prototyping Creative Methods for Youth-led Culture

Photo: Johannes Richter

How can youth participation in cultural projects be organised creatively and sustainably? The Participation Playbook brings together methods, experiences and results from the Erasmus+ youth exchange programme C the Unseen in Chemnitz. It shows in a practical way how cultural institutions can build trust, develop ideas and co-creatively realise projects together with young people.

↷ Participation Playbook (PDF download)

Erasmus+ Youth Exchange C the Unseen

42 young people from six countries used the Design Thinking and Theory U methods to develop five prototypes for new forms of youth participation - from apps and toolkits to branding and mindfulness concepts. They documented the process and their results.

↷ Documentation Erasmus+ Youth Exchange C the Unseen

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This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.