Learning to reflect collectively: how to create the right environment for discussing participatory planning practice?

Spatial planning as a field in continuous transition needs a way of working that allows for questioning its professional practice. In this paper, we focus on the design of 4-days long 'studios' for planning professionals that aim to reflect on new notions of democratic practice and partici...

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Published inEuropean planning studies Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 1162 - 1181
Main Authors De Blust, Seppe, Devisch, Oswald, Vandenabeele, Joke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.06.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
collective learning
conjecture mapping
Learning
Participatory planning
Planning
Professional practice
Reflective practice
Tutoring
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Summary:Spatial planning as a field in continuous transition needs a way of working that allows for questioning its professional practice. In this paper, we focus on the design of 4-days long 'studios' for planning professionals that aim to reflect on new notions of democratic practice and participatory planning. During these studios, different methods to enhance a collective reflective attitude among participants were tested. The paper describes how the tutors of the studios tried to encourage participants to develop their own theory of practice by iteratively (re)designing the learning artefacts, learning content and learning modes of the studio. In the conclusions of this paper, we introduce the idea of a Participation Studio Conjecture Map to support and structure a culture of collective reflection-in (participatory planning) organizations.
ISSN:0965-4313
1469-5944
DOI:10.1080/09654313.2021.2014403