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Discussion series 'Monthly topics'

«An evening about barriers and how we can break them down»
CORRECTIV.Schweiz

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A series of talks organized by Gessnerallee in cooperation with various editorial teams: once a month, an editorial team selects a key journalistic topic and discusses it live with the audience. This time, the focus is on visible and invisible barriers in everyday life.

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  • Wed 07/0119:30 – 21:10

    Nordflügel

Gessnerallee presents a series of journalistic focus topics in collaboration with different editorial teams. Copyright: Bodara GmbH

Since November 2024, CORRECTIV.Schweiz has been researching visible and invisible barriers in everyday life – in the city, in social life and in our minds – as part of the project ‘Attention barrier! Where does life become difficult for you?’ in cooperation with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences (HSLU) and Arts. The focus is on the realities of life for people with disabilities. They dealt with one question in particular detail: How does it feel to navigate public spaces as a blind, autistic or elderly person?

On this evening, CORRECTIV.Schweiz and the HSLU will address these questions with personal texts, discussions and perspectives that are often overlooked in public discourse. The discussion will involve those affected, experts and those responsible. Visitors will also be able to experience the research results for themselves through mixed reality glasses, which open up new perspectives. The mixed reality application was developed by HSLU.

Guests

Jahn Graf, activist and inclusion officer at the Kleintheater Luzern

Simone Tuena-Küpfer, health scientist, lecturer and consultant

Flavia Frei, Commissioner for the Equality of People with Disabilities for the City of Zurich

Information about the host

CORRECTIV.Switzerland is a non-profit research center based in Bern. It conducts research together with the public and exposes social injustices either alone or in collaboration with partners. It uses innovative approaches and methods, such as its self-developed CrowdNewsroom.

The Extended Spaces team at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts translated CORRECTIV.Schweiz's research into immersive applications that can be tried out. The team develops and conducts research on extended reality (XR) – in particular augmented and mixed reality – as a methodological extension for collaborative planning, design and communication processes.

Information on duration and schedule

  • Duration of the event: approx. 100 minutes, including an interval

  • Start: 7.30 pm

  • Welcome & project presentation: approx. 15 min

  • Panel discussion: approx. 40 min

  • Interval: 15 min

  • Interactive stations: approx. 30 min

Information on accessibility and language

  • The event takes place in German spoken language

  • The event location is step-free and have accessible toilets (Accessibility is restricted by the door width of 80 cm).

  • People who would like to be picked up at Zurich Main Station to attend the event can contact barrierefreiheit@gessnerallee.ch.

  • A chill-out space with a sofa, beanbags, hearing protection, and stim toys will be available during the event in the Garderobe Nordflügel.

  • Further information on accessibility may be added continuously.

  • CORRECTIV.Switzerland has been investigating barriers in everyday life since November 2024.

    The question is: Where is life difficult for people with disabilities?

    For example, they ask:

    How does it feel when blind, autistic or elderly people

    walk through the city?

    The evening will feature:

    • personal stories

    • conversations with those affected and experts

    Visitors can also experience the barriers for themselves:

    VR glasses allow them to see how difficult everyday life can sometimes be.

  • Once a month, an editorial team selects a journalistic focus topic that matches the themes or audience of Gessnerallee and shares it live with visitors on site. Gessnerallee's new series of talks takes place in cooperation with various editorial teams. The ‘monthly topics’ were inspired by the highly acclaimed ‘Kosmopolitics’ series, which took place at the former Kosmos.

  • CORRECTIV.Switzerland is a non-profit research centre. Together with the population, they conduct research to strengthen democracy. They use innovative approaches and methods, such as the CrowdNewsroom they developed. They also network local journalists and uncover social injustices, either alone or together with partners. https://correctiv.org/schweiz/

    WAV is a twelve-member research collective from Zurich. They have been research partners for journalists and editorial offices, civil society and the non-profit sector since 2021. Their research critically scrutinises and opens the doors of boardrooms and boardrooms where decisions that affect everyone are quietly made. They create transparency - so that those responsible are not judged by their words, but by their actions. https://wav.info/

    Tsüri.ch was founded in 2015 by Simon Jacoby together with a group of young journalists with the aim of producing independent local journalism. A city magazine that is always critical, on the pulse of the city and transparent. Every year, they organise focus months on topics such as housing, addiction and mobility. The content of these focus months includes panel discussions, city walks and workshops. https://tsri.ch/

    REFLEKT, Switzerland's first independent and non-profit research team, was founded in 2019. Since then, a small, powerful team has been carrying out major research with a big impact. In order to uncover abuses and promote transparency, they focus on investigative research projects lasting several months, which traditional editorial teams are increasingly unable to handle. By presenting their work in an attractive way and publishing it via various channels, they make their work accessible to the widest possible audience. In this way, they promote quality in journalism, increase public awareness and contribute to media diversity and a functioning democracy. https://reflekt.ch/

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