Designing things together: intersections of co-design and actor–network theory

Storni, Cristiano; Binder, Thomas; Linde, Peter; Stuedahl, Dagny

doi:10.1080/15710882.2015.1081442

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“…The word actor refers to people as well as to non-humans such as mock-ups and prototypes. Being a constructivist approach the general idea is that networks are constructed through negotiations of actors' concerns (Binder, Brandt, Ehn, & Halse, 2015;Latour, 2008;Linde, 2012;Storni, Binder, Linde, & Stuedahl, 2015). As opposed to matters of fact, matters of concern are characterised by being rich, complex, surprising and constructed.…”

Section: Negotiating Concerns Using Prototypes and Other Objectsmentioning

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“…As opposed to matters of fact, matters of concern are characterised by being rich, complex, surprising and constructed. These characteristics make concerns political and open for discussion, negotiation, conflict and compromise (Björgvinsson, 2008;Latour, 2005;Storni et al, 2015). We argue, that in participatory design such negotiations are often carefully staged and navigated by a designer (Pedersen & Clausen, 2017) and draw attention towards the designers ability to navigate the design process by staging, facilitating, and learning from/synthesising the results of negotiations (Pedersen, 2016).…”

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Navigating Matters of Concern in Participatory Design

Brodersen¹,

Pedersen²

2019

Proc. Int. Conf. Eng. Des.

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Among 75-90% of residents in Danish nursing homes are diagnosed with dementia. This article explore how a team of five 3rd semester bachelor's design students sought to improve quality of life for elderly people with dementia in a nursing home through a co-design process of a new sensory stimulation technology. Participatory Design researchers agree that it is important to involve diverse actors in the design process such as elderly with dementia, nursing home management, nursing staff etc. But when involving many different actors in designing new products, services and systems the challenge is to navigate the many perspectives and concerns of these actors, which is often conflicting and hence needs negotiating. ‘We draw upon the ANT framework to analyse how ‘matters of concern’ (MoCs) are negotiated and to discuss how designers navigate by staging and facilitating design interactions to support negotiation of MoCs among numerous actors during the design process.

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Section: Negotiating Concerns Using Prototypes and Other Objectsmentioning

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Navigating Matters of Concern in Participatory Design

Brodersen¹,

Pedersen²

2019

Proc. Int. Conf. Eng. Des.

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“…Bruno Latour, in his proposal of actor--network theory, describes reality in terms of "actors who link and interact with each other via networks". From this perspective, neither the technology or the user can be seen as stand--alone subjects, but they are constituted and configured as actor--networks (Andersen et al, 2015). Further, the theory suggests that "artefacts too can become actors and thus deserve to be studied on par with humans" (Verbeek, 2010).…”

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“…In the recent years, ICT development has become more and more intertwined with discourses on political participation, innovation and urban studies where the notion of publics is gaining popularity in the fields of design and technological development (see, for example, Le Dantec 2012). At the same time, there is a growing overlap between ANT and co--design in creating new ground for discussing issues of engagement with technology (see for example Storni et al, 2015). In engaging with IoT, the paper calls attention to "autonomy" as a core capability programmed into "smart" objects and contends that it is mainly from those perspectives that the experience of "magic" can be drawn.…”

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The Role of Participation in Designing for IoT

Anuradha¹,

Linde²

2016

Proceedings of DRS

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The widespread proliferation of the internet-of-things (IoT) has led to the shift in focus from the technology itself to the way in which technology affects the social world. Being inspired by the emerging intersection between actor network theory and co-design, this paper emphasizes the role of participation in designing IoT-based technologies by suggesting alternative ways to appropriate IoT into people's lives. It is argued that prototyping becomes crucial for designing IoT-based technologies where the invisible aspects of "agency" and "autonomy" are highlighted while still drawing on its full capabilities. In that, the value of tinkering and exploration are seen as ways to experiment with and constitute one's subjectivities in relation to IoT-based technologies. Taking these points into consideration, it is suggested that there is a need to move towards a cosmopolitics of design where aesthetics and materialisation of technology also act as inquiries into issues of performance and social meaning-making.

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“…When looking for methodological support of stakeholder involvement in system design, first inputs in terms of theories of design pop up (cf. [4]), while structured guidance seems still to be lacking [5]. Hence, more attention needs to be drawn in investigating, creating the design of digital systems in a stakeholder-sensitive way.…”

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System-of-Systems Design Thinking on Behavior

Stary

2017

Systems

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Due to the increasing digitalization of all societal systems, informed design of services and systems becomes pertinent for various stakeholders. This paper discusses the design of digital systems in a user-centered way with the help of subject-oriented design. The approach follows a communication-driven and network-centric perspective on a System-of-Systems, whereby system specifications encapsulate behavior and exchange messages, including relevant data, such as business objects. Systems can represent activities of human actors, as well as artefacts. Stakeholders can be actively involved in their roles in the design of a System-of-Systems. In the course of design, they identify and refine role-specific behavior, based on communication to other actors or systems. A System-of-Systems specification evolves as a network of cooperating behavior entities. It develops according to communication needs and system-specific capabilities, on the level of synchronized execution agents, or as an overlay mechanism on existing applications or sub networks. Since certain behavior sequences, such as decision-making procedures, are re-occurring in organizations or eco-systems, the design of complex systems can be facilitated by behavior patterns stemming from existing modeling experiences.

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Designing things together: intersections of co-design and actor–network theory

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Navigating Matters of Concern in Participatory Design

Navigating Matters of Concern in Participatory Design

The Role of Participation in Designing for IoT

System-of-Systems Design Thinking on Behavior

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