Self-study learning material
The Bevica Scholarship Programme consists of an Introduction Package and three online self-study modules. These modules serve as a basic introduction to the core objectives of this year’s Scholarship.
Five Self-study
compendium modules
The Bevica Scholarship Programme consists of an Introduction Package and three online self-study modules. These modules serve as a basic introduction to the core objectives of this year’s Scholarship call to:
Develop universal design as a lever to support the pledge to Leave No One Behind through all aspects of our daily lives; products, environments, programmes, and services.
Promote an understanding of human beings that includes everyone across different and changing abilities.
Strengthen the pledge of the Sustainable Development Goals to Leave No One Behind.
The three modules provide a mix of book chapters, digital talks and lectures, scientific papers, and podcasts on the general themes of: Universal Design, Being Human and Leave No One Behind. Each module consists of 10 references of which you are to select the 5 you find most relevant, and study the references at your own pace during Ideation. Full catalogue of references can be retrieved here.
The modules support participants in their ambition to innovate and demonstrate inclusive approaches to human beings, and to explore universal design as a value-based design principle which supports the pledge to Leave No One Behind in a future sustainable society. They offer different disciplinary and academic understandings of the three core themes and serve as a basic outset for individual investigations. They are by no means to be understood as exhaustive.
You are encouraged to expand your investigations beyond the core modules, and to seek advice and inspiration from the peers and experts you meet during Ideation.
Introduction
This Introduction Package serves as a basic introduction to the core objectives of this year’s Bevica Scholarship call: Universal Design, Being Human and Leave No One Behind.
Universal Design
Universal design is first and foremost a concept that recognises that human beings all live with impaired and changing abilities – it is a universal condition of being human. In this understanding of universal design, the concept holds the potential to transform and challenge our common understanding of what average and ideal means with regard to human bodies, and what it means to be human.
Being human
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In Danish society, we often categorize people as “with and without disabilities”, rather than recognising that everyone lives with different abilities and the diversity of user needs means that humans do not come in standard sizes. This understanding of being human creates a “Them and Us” which does not contribute positively to a sense of community or a society for all. Instead, the categories create a society with solutions for some and different solutions for others.
Case-studies
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On 25 September 2015, at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York, state and government leaders from around the world adopted the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to create a common vision and direction in the development towards a more equal, fair, and sustainable world.
Previous workshops
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You will be able to acces the materials from the Bevica Scholarship Programme Ideation Workshops here – when it is available.
