Organised by the Faculty of Design and Art at unibz in collaboration with BASIS Vinschgau-Venosta, “Re-commoning the rural” is a one-day event that aims to open a dialogue on ways in which commoning can support more solidarity-based, ecologically and economically sustainable futures for mountain areas in Trentino-South Tyrol. We will use this opportunity to reconsider how participatory design can support citizens and groups already engaged in commoning to create spaces for coexistence and solidarity in their everyday lives.
Re-commoning the Rural is an event linked to the PDC Places decentralised and localised events that will take place in the months leading up to the Participatory Design Conference: Peace Dialogue and Coexistence, which will be held from 15 to 19 June 2026 in Milan.
Programme: 11:30 Introduction and welcome 11:50 La Foresta - Community Academy (Bianca Elzenbaumer, La Foresta) 12:15 - 13:00 Workshop Part 1 ‘Commoning Futures’ - Session for creating posters of imagined futures of commoning practices in rural areas (Moderated by Bianca Elzenbaumer) 13:00 to 14:00 Community lunch 14:00 - 15:30 “Commoning Futures” – Backcasting session to define concrete steps towards the imagined futures. 15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break 16:00 - 16:30 Exhibition of results
Free entry! Registration required.
16:00 - 16:30 Uhr Eröffnung der gemeinsamen Ausstellung der Ergebnisse