How can urban planners and developers design intercultural spaces of participation? What is the role of analogue and virtual narrative spaces, digital services, and online participation tools? And how can institutional change in planning departments be initiated?
The project INTERPART summarizes their findings in the German-language reader Beteiligung interkulturell gestalten: Ein Lesebuch zu partizipativer Stadtentwicklung, which is available for free download. This reader reflects on the experiences of a three-year transdisciplinary research project that explored these questions in real-world laboratories in two German cities. It presents strategic considerations, design principles and tools from the project–encouraging reflection on prerequisites for intercultural dialog such as language, communication, networks, and process design.
