CSX Community Sustainable Experiences represents the first opportunity I had to apply an academic paper totally written on my own! I'm so glad to be part of the authors who wrote about topics like communities and social innovation. In my paper, starting from design methodology and university experiences, I dived into the complex topic of community based design, an approach that decentralizes the focus from individuals (human centered design) to give answers to needs shared among multiple people with common values and goals. Source of knowledge for the paper were social studies and game theories which converge in the Community as an Onion Framework (CAAO), useful for designers and decision makers to analyze social contexts and to design new valuable ways of being a community, possibly a sustainable community. #CSX #socialinnovation #design #community #game #communitybaseddesign #sustainability PUSH. Università degli studi di Palermo thanks!
#CSX is finally out! (Link in the first comment) This publication, part of the Università degli Studi di Palermo CSX - EUROSTART research project, aims to offer a transformative vision for rural territories through the lens of citizens' experiences. It underscores the evolution from individual-centric User Experience (UX) to a broader concept of Community Experience, emphasizing a holistic, ethical approach to urban/rural development. The volume presents the main outcomes of the "Communities’ Sustainable eXperiences" (#CSX) research and the #UrbanThinkersCampus event held in the Madonie Region, Sicily, which convened over 400 participants including activists, researchers, and policymakers. Anchored by principles of the #NewEuropeanBauhaus initiative and the #NewUrbanCampaign framework, the research addressed multifaceted challenges such as sustainable communities (#People), green energy solutions (#Places), and planning policies (#Policies) through a blend of bottom-up and top-down approaches. Additionally, the book brings together 22 scientific papers developed post-symposium, each undergoing a rigorous double-blind review process. These papers reflect rich interdisciplinary discourse, offering actionable insights and strategies for sustainable, inclusive urban transformation. I need to thank Mauro Filippi and Domenico Schillaci for their support during the whole research project (please take a look to “The Madonie Misalignment: participatory budgeting insights on PNRR funded measures”). This work couldn’t be possible without the support of Università degli Studi di Palermo, Avanzi - Sostenibilità per Azioni, Farm Cultural Park, #AltralineaEdizioni and PUSH. (Emilia Pardi, Francesco Massa, Roberto Filippi, Claudia Schillaci) and particularly its great Alessandro Riva. Many thanks also to all the contributors (here just some of them): Christian Sarkar, Federico Butera, Marzia Aricò, Alexandra Coutsoucos, Erasmo Mormino, Luigi Vella, Samuele Morvillo, Francesco Monterosso, Maurizio Schifano, Dario Russo, Sergio Degiacomi Garbero, Chiara Lorenza Remondino, paolo tamborrini, Fabrizio Ferreri, santo giunta, Saverio Massaro, Annapaola Vacanti, Erica La Placa, Renzo Lecardane, Zeila Tesoriere, Bianca Andaloro, Paola La Scala, Ing. Luisa Lombardo, Pietro Maria Torregrossa, Chiara Borsellino, Irene Fiesoli, Mia Scotti, Salvina Elisa Cutuli.
