Tinkering Workshops

How can children's everyday experiences be made accessible for research? With the tinkering workshops, the TD-Lab of the Berlin University Alliance has developed an adapted Design Thinking method to integrate children's experiences into transdisciplinary research. This workshop report describes how the TD-Lab conducted the tinkering workshops, what challenges were involved, what results were achieved and what further adaptations are conceivable for a broader application of the format.

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2026-02-01
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Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
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Tinkering Workshops

Ina Opitz, Melanie Kryst, Pia von den Benken
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Tinkering Workshops

Ina Opitz, Melanie Kryst, Pia von den Benken
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How can children's everyday experiences be made accessible for research? With the tinkering workshops, the TD-Lab of the Berlin University Alliance has developed an adapted Design Thinking method to integrate children's experiences into transdisciplinary research. This workshop report describes how the TD-Lab conducted the tinkering workshops, what challenges were involved, what results were achieved and what further adaptations are conceivable for a broader application of the format.

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