This event will be held online. This event is part of the Divergent Design Workshop Series.
In this workshop we will explore the possibility that “design thinking” offers an alternative paradigm to the so-called “executive functioning” paradigm so often used to pathologize neurodivergent people.
We will examine the ways that “executive functioning” is not so much a set of skills but rather a set of capitalist values to which most people, but especially neurodivergent people, are poorly suited. What if we are not actually bad executives, but instead really good designers in a world that only has room for a few, usually privileged folks to succeed at design?
We will explore the ways that design thinking is, for many neurodivergent people, a natural and intuitive way of thinking and dreaming, moving and making in the world.
This workshop will offer opportunities for free writing and doodling exercises, and possibly some discussion among participants.
CW: shame
About the Divergent Design workshop series:
These workshops will be useful to you as standalone workshops; you can go to any one without having gone to the others, and it should make sense and be helpful. However, if you can come to all four, you will see how they build and loop back on each other in interconnected and transformative ways. Please bring something to record/write with during the session, as well as something to doodle or draw with. If there is interest, we will hold an additional peer support session on 8th July to consider how we might continue to share experiences and support each other.
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About the facilitator:
I’m Marta Rose, a neurodivergent creator living in Philadelphia PA. I have a neurodivergent partner, as well as two grown neurodivergent kids. I started making content for neurodivergent creatives on Instagram as divergent_design_studios and on YouTube as The Spiral Lab, which is also the name of my substack newsletter. I’m still publishing the newsletter semi-regularly, but most of my creative energy these days is spent making art, writing a novel, doing interior design, and facilitating a wonderful online community called DDS (Divergent Design Studios), hosted on the Mighty Networks platform. We offer body-doubling sessions, lots of peer support, and creative workshops and maker space sessions on various topics, from cooking to doodling to authentic movement practice.
Learn more about Divergent Design Studios
Access information for this event:
This event is for ages 16+ and will be held online. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.
There will be 100 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: Talk / Lecture, Writing, Visual presentation, possibly group discussion/breakout rooms depending on size
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