This workshop gives educators fresh ideas, practical tools, and proven methods to design learning spaces where young voices are heard—and matter. Led by the team behind the Critical ChangeLab model and informed by participatory research across Europe, participants will explore real-world strategies to create collaborative, creative, and critically engaged spaces—built through partnerships with schools, civic society and industry—where critical consciousness and civic imagination can thrive.
Photo: Critical ChangeLab / Ars Electronica
Workshop
Keep Calm and Create a Critical ChangeLab
How to create learning environments where young voices truly matter
Critical ChangeLab Consortium (EU), Tacitcal Tech (DE), Eva Durall Gazulla (ES), Ana Maria Salinas Bojaca (CO)
Language //
EN
Ticket //
FESTIVALPASS, ONE DAY PASS, FESTIVALPASS+
Max. Participants //
25
Photo: Annika-Rohde
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Critical ChangeLab
Critical ChangeLab aims to build a resilient European democracy by reinvigorating the relationship between youth and democracy through civic interventions in which young people envision alternative futures for (shared) European democracy, and act on that. The project is led by the University of Oulu in Finland and embraces a transdisciplinary approach that brings together expertise from nine other partner institutions across Europe.
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Tacitcal Tech
Tactical Tech is a creative international non-profit with over two decades of experience dedicated to exploring the socio-political and environmental impacts of technology on society. We work to empower individuals and communities to navigate and mitigate the ways digital technologies change their lives and transform societies.
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Eva Durall Gazulla
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oulu. Eva explores the intersection of learning, arts, and technology, focusing on learner agency and critical engagement. She co-leads Critical ChangeLab and heads Critical DataLit, both examining democratic values in tech use with youth through participatory, critical, and creative methodologies.
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Ana Maria Salinas Bojaca
Ana Maria Salinas is a Colombian journalist, political scientist, and communication specialist with over 15 years of experience in strategic communication, partnership development, and capacity-building initiatives. She has worked with public and private sectors, designing online/offline strategies, educational events, and engagement plans. At Tactical Tech, she supports media literacy projects and builds global partnerships with schools, NGOs, youth groups, and cultural institutions.
Credits
Critical ChangeLab consortium partners: Tactical Tech (DE), INTERACT Research Group – University of Oulu (FI), Science & Society Research Group – Trinity College Dublin (IE), Esbrina Research Group – University of Barcelona (ES), Waag Futurelab (NL), Kersnikova Institute (SI), LATRA (GR), European Alternatives (FR), Institute for Social Research in Zagreb (HR), Ars Electronica (AT)
Presented in the context of Critical ChangeLab. Critical ChangeLab is funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101094217 - HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-04.
