This tool was developed during the URBEX training program on Urban exploration as a tool for the engagement of youths at risk of exclusion. It describes a number of approaches and methods to guide and inspire youth workers that aim to explore their neighbourhoods and socio-spatial contexts with the company of a youth group.
The Treasure Island tool was designed during the UrbEX project to facilitate the process of co-designing an urban exploration activity with young participants. Its simple structure in 9 steps can be applied to streamlining projects with unskilled beneficiaries in a simple and effective way.
Storylabs are workshops aimed at promoting storytelling as a tool for emancipation and social engagement. They are based on a template developed by Tesserae / ogino:knauss identifying nine key elements of a narrative process.
Framework for Change provides a basic logic framework to understand the complexity of factors influencing the development of inclusive, participated and integrated projects. It is a conceptual map to navigate transformative processes at large, completed by a set of questions that you should ask yourself along the path and a collection of tools to inspire visionary and inclusive solutions.
Urban Memo is a game design methodology developed by Tesserae to facilitate participatory processes. It is aimed at assessing urban territories, engaging local communites and scripting place narratives. The Memo lab is based on conceiving, designing and realising a variation of the popular Memory card game with images captured by the participants.
Exercises in Urban Reconnaissance is a methodology developed during decades of activity by the ogino:knauss media collective and produced by Tesserae. It is employed as a general framework to survey the complexity of factors that affect a given socio-spatial context and to start a preliminary reflection to any sort of intervention or project.
