How can young people be given agency in creating place in order to feel socially included and connected? How can public places better reflect the diverse experiences of the people who live there?
Reworld Your Neighbourhood is a public urban play event co-designed with young people to reimagine the neighbourhoods and public spaces where they live. Through creative, playful and participatory activities, participants are invited to explore their local environment, share their perspectives, and imagine new possibilities for the future of their community.
The event creates opportunities for social connection and play, fostering a sense of belonging and public ownership of place while building young people’s capacity to express and communicate their visions for more inclusive, vibrant and connected neighbourhoods.
Drawing on the work of Future Play Lab, Reworld Your Neighbourhood uses urban play to connect people, place and design. Through speculative design and creative placemaking, participants are encouraged to imagine alternative futures that reflect the creative, linguistic, cultural, social and urban diversity of their communities. Framed by reworlding, a methodology that connects Indigenous knowledges and posthuman thinking, the event positions play as immersive, collaborative and regenerative, opening up new ways of experiencing and shaping the places we share.
The event is open to the public to attend and participate in.
