Care Lab
CREATING A FUTURE OF CARE: COLLABORATING TO RESPOND TO THE CRISES OF CARE
CareLab is an interdisciplinary initiative at The New School that brings together students, faculty, and partners to reimagine care and create more just, equitable, and caring futures. It is focused on the transformation of mindsets and narratives, social and civic infrastructures, and organizational practices and economic models to enable the equitable distribution of care in society and to overcome the belief that we are separate from each other and nature.
Reimagining Care with Creativity
Carelab creatively and critically explores approaches that promote collective wellness, mutualism, and inclusion within varied 21st century contexts. Through courses, workshops, projects, and community and organizational partnerships, CareLab explores care through the intersecting lenses of strategic design, community-engaged design, and social practice art. Works towards the need of Interventions, evolving social norms, demographic changes, political and racial unrest, and health and climate disasters require reimagining how we care for each other within communities and organizations.
Projects
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Pedagogy of Care
Explores care as a design methodology, emphasizing relational practices that foster equity and well-being. Provides frameworks for integrating care-centered approaches into educational and organizational settings.
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Saathi
A digital companion platform enhancing senior care through intergenerational connection and interactive learning. Empowers older adults with technological autonomy while fostering meaningful caregiver relationships.
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Birds of a Feather
A hands-on art and strategy lab inviting students to reimagine economies, neighborhoods, organizations, and cultures of care. Explores creative placemaking strategies that prioritize community well-being and relational design.
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Bronx Love
A collaborative storytelling initiative that reimagines narratives about the Bronx through community engagement and creative expression. It weaves together diverse voices to highlight the borough's resilience and cultural richness.
