The City in Migration game

Play the 'city in migration' game, inspired and introduced by humanitarian-aid expert Kilian Kleinschmidt.

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Friday 10 Feb 2017, 17.15

vr 10 feb 2017, 17.15

Grote zaal

Source: reSITE Conference 2016 Prague

How can we transform refugee camps into inclusive cities? And how do you activate the vast human potential of refugees? Join us and play the 'city in migration game' in Pakhuis de Zwijger and experience an interactive tool that reveals the complexity of the migration challenge for a fictional midsize European city. The game will be played after an inspiring presentation by international networker, humanitarian, and refugee expert, Kilian Kleinschmidt. Who believes that high-tech maker-spaces have the potential to activate the vast human potential of refugees, transforming camps into inclusive cities. Listen to him answering the question of whether these innovative technological solutions are as relevant to refugees arriving in Western contexts as they are to refugees living in ‘temporary’ refugee camps?

The ‘City in Migration’ Game

Developed by Play the City for the Prague RESITE festival in 2016, this game reveals the complexity of the migration challenge for a fictional midsize European city. Players can choose one of 10 roles, each with distinct powers, such as the mayor, activist, journalist, designer, refugee and so on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDi2Ttn_YF0

About Kilian Kleinschmidt

Kilian Kleinschmidt has over 25 years of experience in international development, emergency response, resource mobilisation, and political/regional cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He is the founder and chairman of the Innovation and Planning Agency (IPA) Switxboard, which aims to connec marginalised parts of the globe with the technological resources and know-how needed to catalyse change. IPA’s mission is to “democratise access to global knowhow by combining the best of global and local resources and networks into a unified co-creation ecosystem of innovation with disadvantaged communities”. They match technological, social, financial and spatial innovations with the needs, talents and skills of dispossessed populations in several service lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAP11e99TvA

About Ekim Tan

Moderator Ekim Tan is the founder of Play the City – a serious game design consultancy operating in both Amsterdam and Istanbul, that helps governments and market parties effectively collaborate with stakeholders. Her doctorate at Delft University of Technology has since been published as a book titled “Negotiation and Design for the Self-organizing City: Gaming as a Method for Urban Design”. Play the City’s method has been applied to projects across the globe, in Istanbul, Amsterdam, Brussels, Tirana, Cape Town, and others.

VLUCHTROUTE

Een week lang programma’s, films, eten & gesprekken met aandacht voor het vluchtelingenvraagstuk.

De Vluchtroute

Nadat de oorlog in Syrië zijn vijfde jaar inging, besloten vele Syriërs –en anderen met hen- de gevaarlijke oversteek te maken naar het veilige Europa. Sindsdien houdt deze toestroom van nieuwe mensen de Europese gemoederen bezig en lijkt het een polariserend effect te hebben op onze samenleving. De Vluchtroute speelt in op deze gemoederen in de regio Amsterdam. We gaan samen met verschillende partijen in de stad - overheid, ondernemers, wetenschappers, bewoners en vluchtelingen zelf – op zoek naar oplossingen. De centrale vraag is altijd: Hoe wordt een vluchteling een Amsterdammer en wat kunnen wij daar aan bijdragen?