Weather Worlds is a studio course that explores the role that design plays in public engagement on climate disruption. In this outcome-focused course the students will design a popup Weather Worlds studio platform for the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP24) that will take place in December 2018 in Katowice, Poland. Students will design the format of the engagement in consultation with Red Cross Climate Centre experts, and produce it during the semester. The Weather Worlds studio will be a traveling platform that further can take place in different countries and occasions, serving local participation, and adaptable to local settings and contexts. At the COP24 conference in December 2018 the engagement will be facilitated by the Red Cross facilitators and volunteers, and by the course instructors. The aim for the format of the engagement is to create a blueprint that can be adapted and replayed subsequently in different to create social interventions in various settings. An example of such a flexible format can be a game design session through which participants model the local dynamics surrounding a local context-specific issue. The partnership with Red Cross will exponentially broaden and amplify the impact of this project, facilitating and developing engagements worldwide. Today we rely increasingly on effective engagement of multiple stakeholders in order to impact public opinion, government policy and private sector’s commitments and struggles aimed at climate change mitigation and adaptation. This course produces a platform that will explore the roles of design and art in influencing climate action, and investigate forms of experimental pedagogy, engagement, and participation in engaging issues linked to climate disruption. Tu 3:20pm – 5:50pm (09/04 – 10/23)

ITPG-GT.2992.1 (22569) | Instructor: Chris Woebken / Karolina Sobecka | Tues 3:20pm to 5:50pm | Meeting Pattern: 7-First Half | Start Date