Participant observation is fundamental to understanding the social dynamics, actions, social behavior, and social practices, of a research partner, be it an individual, such as...

Ethnographic interviews are helpful to gain very in-depth data about a topic/concern in a relatively short time. They provide insightful knowledge about individuals,...

Since 2015, the Faculty of Architecture (Université libre de Bruxelles) organises the ‘Semaine d’Innovation Pedagogique’ (SIP) (En. Pedagogical Innovation week). The format...

Letter to the Brussels water operators The platform Délier Les Fils de l’eau in Brussels aims to better understand the issues related to water management in the rue Gray...

The aim of this method is to bring the problems of a particular community to the other communities and to receive the others in their own space, where they can share their...

This method tests the capacity of the Roma community living in disadvantaged areas to define topics of interest and to come together around the issues that are defined in an...

Participatory mapping is an innovative method that provides communities with visual tools representing their living environment, enabling them to be more involved in territorial...

Focus Group Discussions falls under qualitative research. It serves to better understand local practices, perceptions, common attitudes, opinions or ideas. It involves gathering...

A Seasonal Calendar is both a calendar and a chart that shows the changes taking place in the community throughout the year. It also identifies the times of stress,...

This creative methodology involves conducting video interviews within street markets to capture the perspectives of traders and shoppers through a dialogic approach. It serves...

This method combines Atlas Caremaps, a tool for visualizing personal care networks, with community mapping using KUMU (a free to access software for public projects to map...

The “feed-back” session of a study consists in presenting, opening to debate and inputs, and sometimes strategically shaping the findings or preliminary findings of a research...

London-based network of more than 200 community groups seeking to influence planning in the city. The plan drew on contributions from more than 60 London-based community groups,...

The Marseille FVlab is based on two experiences. The first one, directed by the collective Un Centre-Ville pour Tous’ (CVPT) (‘a city center for all’) focuses on co-production...

The Dakar FVlab represents an opportunity to strengthen the work of UrbaSEN and the Federation Senegalaise des Habitants ‒ FSH, aimed at mitigating the effects of the floods...

The Cǎlǎraşi FVlab intends to promote a co-production pilot project to support the inclusion of Roma communities living in two deprived areas of the city of Cǎlǎraşi, improve...

The FVlab in Giza takes place in the Mansheyat Dahshur (40,000 inhabitants) a peri-urban municipality of the Giza Governorate, in the Greater Cairo Region, that suffers from...

The method of participatory "time machine" can be seen as another device and way of travelling through time. It aims to the understanding and the collective “reconstruction” of...

Power mapping is a process of identifying and analysing power relations and power asymmetries that determine the access and the control over local resources and/or shape...

Since 2019, Un Centre Ville Pour Tous has been organizing and leading Ateliers Populaires d'Urbanisme (APUs). The first APU was launched in the 1970s in France by residents of...