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DESCRIPTION:**Background**: Participant’s trust is fundamental to the suc
 cess of participatory processes (Armstrong et al.\, 2023\; Mintrom et al.\
 , 2024)\, where facilitators bear significant power and responsibility for
  nurturing spaces of trust (Brazzell\, 2020). Trust\, in turn\, is closely
  tied to the ways in which facilitators balance how expert input is permit
 ted to frame activities\, and how decision-makers then account for tending
  to the meaning of participant expressions (Farias et al.\, 2022\; Law\, 2
 004). Our workshop aims to respond to this tension by inviting fellow part
 icipants to engage with an inventive co-creation method to develop a manif
 esto for trust nurturing when citizens are invited to take part in collabo
 rative processes. The guiding intention is for us to reflect on how partic
 ipants experience the meaning of their ideas and expressions being affecte
 d when experts enter the process. Which might happen\, for example\, by ex
 pert stances influencing people’s expressions before the workshop or whe
 n these are reinterpreted afterwards in expert panels.\n\n**Workshop Theme
 **: How can expert participation be designed in participatory processes in
  a way that nurtures trust?\n\n**Goals**: This workshop will facilitate:\n
 - Reflections on how participants’ expressions are created and shaped in
  participatory processes and how that relates to trust\; \n- Identificatio
 n of key moments where trust is strengthened or weakened\;\n- Development 
 of practical principles for designing processes that nurture trust (in sma
 ller groups)\;\n- Co-creation of a “Manifesto for Trust in Participatory
  Processes”.\n\n**Methods**:\nThis workshop employs a participatory meth
 od combining embodied exploration\, reflective dialogue\, and collective s
 ynthesis. The design is structured to enable participants to both _experie
 nce_ and _critically reflect on_ how trust is shaped\, negotiated\, and po
 tentially undermined in participatory processes – particularly in relati
 on to expert intervention and the translation of participants’ expressio
 ns.\n\nIt begins with a creative “Clay of Trust” activity exploring tr
 ust through clay modelling. Participants first model expressions of “tru
 st\,” then exchange and alter each other’s creations without explanati
 on\, simulating external intervention into personal expressions. This acti
 vity is designed to surface embodied experiences of ownership\, interpreta
 tion\, and change. It aims to open a discussion space through tangible inf
 ringement of people’s expressions. Two separate groups will work with di
 fferent framings\, highlighting the significance of input in shaping expre
 ssions. A plenary reflection follows\, where participants will share respo
 nses to creating and modifying the clay. Facilitators will link these expe
 riences to participatory processes\, emphasizing how contributions are tra
 nslated through reframing\, analysis\, and interpretation.\n\nParticipants
  will then engage in group (4-5 people/group) discussions\, guided by visu
 al input and questions on how participants’ expressions are created and 
 shaped in participatory processes (e.g.\, by expert input and “translati
 on processes”)\, how facilitators influence these processes\, and how th
 ey weaken or nurture trust. Based on the discussion\, each group will form
 ulate concrete guidelines/principles for nurturing trust in designing part
 icipatory processes.\n\nFor the conclusion\, these principles will be shar
 ed and collectively synthesized into a “manifesto” outlining principle
 s for designing participatory processes that nurture participants’ trust
 . The written-up manifesto could potentially be shared with all participan
 ts of the symposium.
DTSTAMP:20260721T215041Z
LOCATION:Room 2
SUMMARY:Clay of Trust: How can expert participation be designed in particip
 atory processes in a way that nurtures trust? - Miriam Meuser\, Igor Bujko
URL:https://ifkw.rz.tu-bs.de/citizen-science-communication-trust-2026/talk/
 WKYVSN/
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