Dabaj, J; Rigon, A; Baumann, H; (2020) (ARABIC) Participatory Spatial Intervention: How can participatory design and a diversity lens help address vulnerabilities in Bar Elias, Lebanon? University College London: Beirut, Lebanon.

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The Participatory Spatial Intervention (PSI) is a co-produced way to build capacity and generate knowledge through an experimental process aiming to have an impact on the sustainable prosperity of a locality. A physical spatial intervention is embedded in a participatory action-research process and becomes a catalyst for generating questions and activate local social processes. The PSI documented in this report has been implemented as an activity of the project ‘Public Services and vulnerability in the Lebanese context of large-scale displacement’ funded by the British Academy’s Cities and Infrastructure programme. This work took place in Bar Elias, one of the most vulnerable localities in Lebanon (UNHCR, 2015), which hosts a large number of refugees and vulnerable populations, and faces a lack of access to basic services and livelihood opportunities. Throughout the process, we adopted a reflective approach by documenting our learning. This report presents the process of implementing the PSI, its methodology, and our reflection as a way of sharing our experience of this collaborative research that took place between August 2018 and July 2019.

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