Panel details

Panel organiser(s) will be presenting	In-Person / Online
Number of paper presentations	0
Location	Bergen

Abstract

In this interactive serious game we explore actual and everyday behaviour to inform effective future humanitarian and development interventions by using the existing relevant body of knowledge and practice.

The game is based on six designs as developed and used in the Netherlands, Mexico, CAR, Libya, Mali and Niger with policymakers, practitioners, local implementers and trainees/students. The central argument of the game is to engage ‘the designed for, as designers’ and pave the way for contextualised solutions for a wide array of experienced humanitarian and development challenges.

The session starts with an introduction to the game and its rules. Then, the participants play the game in two rounds of 45 minutes. This gives them the opportunity to explore their collective knowledge and experiences.
A final round is used for feed-forward conclusions. Here, the participants scope possibilities for their future interventions and (un)learning in humanitarian and development practices. Since participants can upfront sign up for this interactive game, their individual interests can be used to load the game’s content for a tailor-made session that matches the participants’ realities.

In the safe environment of the game, the participants experience how (power) dynamics evolve. They encounter the impact of changes in their interventions and what this demands of their skills and reflective mindsets. Issues addressed are, for example, the transparency of actors regarding their positions, the importance of limited consensus on problems and solutions, the tension between institutional and individual logic, the role of power and its blurry boundaries, and the possibilities of an adaptive action perspective. The participants gain insights in the (collective) behaviour of actors, and the multiple directions available to further advance humanitarian development interventions.

Paper presentations

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