Child Culture Design

Overview

About

The Child Culture Design programme of the University of Gothenburg started in 2009 and is a field that is growing in knowledge, yet still unique in the world with its multidisciplinary approach and its focus on artistic design practice targeting children.

By focusing on children’s play, children’s perspectives, and their specific conditions, we have created a master’s programme that differs from many others. Our aim is to combine the subject design and artistic practice with child culture and in-depth knowledge of this specific user-group. One of the cornerstones is working to create a sustainable society, not only in the ecological sense, but also with regard to social equality, gender equality, ethics, economy, and issues of social justice.

Well-rounded opportunities to gain experience

The relationship between children’s culture and child-culture will be problematized in order to relate the subject of design to the concept of child culture. Through a series of lectures and seminars, you will be given the opportunity to take part in multidisciplinary research and practise referring to and using research results in your design projects.

Through projects, seminars, workshops, thematic work, and your own individual work, you will develop your practical and theoretical capabilities within the entire range of courses and projects. These will sometimes be carried out in cooperation with external partners and extend over areas like the shaping of environments where children spend their time, the products of these environments, toys, outdoor play objects, children’s books and illustrations, new media, processes, and methods of participation.