You can’t hate someone whose story you know ~Margaret J. Wheatley

_mentors:
Dr. Joëlle Bitton, Verena Ziegler
_thanks to:
joëlle and verena, ursulina, markus, yuri, lucia, elena, seraina, ladina, vera, hannah, elias, judith, ray, caspar, daniel, andrea, noé, janis, cinzia, djamir, carmen, nouki, edith, nick, anouk, bruno, luka, jessica, max, julia, gierom, lars, nico, zoë; the people who challenge me, the people who show me their vulnerable side(s), the people who get angry at me and the people who are impressed by me
the rituals that shape me and us and give me hope.
_exhibited at:
diplomausstellung ZHdK 2025 @ ZHdK

abstract

conversations and discussions, both private and public, are cha- racterized by polarization. it is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with content and opinions that do not correspond to one›s own. this is reinforced by algo- rithms that favour polarizing con- tent and by the tendency to rate statements that correspond to one›s own world view as more li- kely to be true.
zusammen.kommen explores how collaborative design proces- ses can create rituals in which ex- change about different attitudes and realities of life can bring about cohesion instead of isolation.

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