Taking Part. A Guide to Participatory Tools and Techniques
eBook publication
AUTHORS
Fran MM Cabeza de Vaca, Jorge Gaupp
EDITORS
Education Department with the collaboration of the Museo Tentacular Department and the Museo Reina Sofía's Editorial Activities Department
DIRECTOR OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Fran MM Cabeza de Vaca
DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Alicia Pinteño Granado
MANAGER MUSEO TENTACULAR
Sara Buraya Boned
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Pamela Sepúlveda
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Raquel G. Ibáñez
EDITING AND CORRECTION OF SPANISH TEXTS
Enrique Fuenteblanca
TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH
Eleanor Staniforth
ENGLISH PROOFREADING
Rebecca Bligh
Contents
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1.Warning: Participation in the Museum of the Commons
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2.Taking Part. A Guide to Participatory Tools and Techniques
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3.Why Should We Participate?
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4.How Can We Participate?
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5.Participatroy Activities: I. opening II. exploring III. closing
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6.Bibliography
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7.Colophon and Acknowledgments
Since the late 1990s, numerous disciplines that study ‘human nature’ – from neuroscience to anthropology, genetics and evolutionary psychology – have embraced a new paradigm, far removed from the 20th century idea that human beings are selfish, antisocial and immoral by nature, instead arguing that people feel happier and healthier by participating in improving collective life and displaying supportive, altruistic and cooperative behaviour.
In line with this change in perspective, Taking Part. Tools for Collective Participation, a guide prepared by researcher Jorge Gaupp and with a prologue by the head of the Education Department at MNCARS, Fran MM Cabeza de Vaca, proposes 75 techniques to encourage participation and collaboration in environments as varied as social activism, education, theatre, corporate management and municipal governance.