Wer schafft die Arbeit?!
2020 I GRAZ KULTURJAHR 2020
A DESIGN INITIATIVE INVITING CITIZENS TO THINK OUT LOUD ABOUT ALTERNATIVE IMAGINARIES FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
production
Workshop process design and facilitation, talks and presentations
in collaboration with
Lisa Hofer
cooperation partners
Caritas Graz (Tagwerk)
FH Campus 02
project team
Fabio Hofer
Kay Kender
Stephanie Kneissl
Clemens Bernhofer
scientific advisors and experts
Barbara Prainsack
Katharina Mader
Georg Grund-Groiss
supported by
Graz Kulturjahr 2020
Bundeskanzleramt
Land Steiermark
Stadt Graz
Arbeiterkammer Steiermark
Robots and algorithms steal our jobs! But why is this a problem? The so-called digital revolution turns many prevalent paradigms upside down. Algorithms compose masterpieces and robots entertain our grandparents in nursing homes.
What does this mean for our life as working individuals? Could it be a blow of liberation or are we sinking into disorientation? What do we need when we are no longer needed?
The initiative “Wer schafft die Arbeit?!” –freely translated “Who gets the work done?!” and “Who defines work?!” takes a closer look at the future predictions of our world of work – hovering between the all too perfect promises of technology and the pragmatic limits of imagination in social politics and the current labour market. How can we rethink our understanding of work in times of technological unemployment and planetary crisis?
Citizens of Graz from all disciplines were invited to participate in reimagining our world of work! Over the course of several days and with support by a vigorous team of designers, terms were twisted, values were shifted and paradigms were turned upside down. Design methods served as playful tools to think and make with in order to make more equitable scenarios for our future working lives imaginable.
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Among the participants were employees of the AMS - the public employment agency - in Graz, the Caritas and students of the Innovation Management Course at FH Campus 02. The results and experiments were presented at the Zukunftsamt der Arbeit – the Future Office of Work in October 2020.
TRANSLATING IDEAS ABOUT WORK INTO TANGIBLE OBJECTS
PARTICIPANTS' IDEAS ON HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO ACCOMODATE A PLEASANT WORK EXPERIENCE
WHAT IF WE WOULD DECIDE IN A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK?
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ALL THE COOPERATION PARTNERS WITH THE KULTURSTADTRAT OF GRAZ
THE KICKOFF EVENT PROVIDED A CHANCE FOR ALL THE PARTNERS TO COME TOGETHER FOR EXCHANGE AND INSPIRATION
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