The diversity of participatory design research practice at PDC 2002–2012

Abstract

a b s t r a c tWe investigate the diversity of participatory design research practice, based on a review of ten years of participatory design research published as full research papers at the Participatory Design Conferences (PDC) 2002-2012, and relate this body of research to five fundamental aspects of PD from classic participatory design literature. We identify five main categories of research contributions: Participatory Design in new domains, Participatory Design methods, Participatory Design and new technology, Theoretical contributions to Participatory Design, and Basic concepts in Participatory Design. Moreover, we identify how participation is defined, and how participation is conducted in experimental design cases, with a particular focus on interpretation, planning, and decision-making in the design process.

Systematic Mapping Study of Information Technology for Development in Agriculture (The Case of Developing Countries)

“…In summary, the full ICT4A design process with extensive field research in collaboration with a local community is still scarcely practiced. Halskov and Hansen (2015) argue that how a specific PD method translates into a new domain, and how this method issued with specific groups of people or context, are still a relevant research area. More research publications are needed to understand how specific methods need to be adapted to the ICT4A and ICT4D contexts.…”

Identifying Objectives for a Learning Space Management System with Value-focused Thinking

“…The ideological grounding of participatory design emerged from Scandinavian workplace democracy to ensure that people who are affected by technology can also participate in making decisions about it (Bjerknes and Bratteteig, 1995;Ehn, 1988;Halskov and Hansen, 2015;Muller and Kuhn, 1993). In participatory design, the following statements are understood as guiding principles: participants from diverse Table 1: Methodological approaches to achieve participation and involvement (Kujala, 2003 (Sanders et al, 2010;Sanoff, 2007), participants have the right to influence technological decisions affecting their private and professional lives (Bergvall-Kåreborn and Ståhlbrost, 2008), and especially, participatory design is seen as appropriate in the context of special needs (Benton et al, 2014;Frauenberger et al, 2011;Guha et al, 2008;Malinverni et al, 2014).…”

Unfolding Participation. What do we mean by participation – conceptually and in practice

“…Whereas much of the conceptual and ideological grounding for participation in IT comes from the field of Participatory Design (PD), even there, the definitions of participation are varied and often not explicitly articulated [2]. A recent report by CHI community members also highlights the need for mapping the various definitions of the term participation used in the field as well as identifying the ways these definitions are shaped by interaction with other discourses [6].…”

“…We will do that through a double strategy: 1) by critically interrogating the concept of participation (unfolding the concept itself), while at the same time 2) reflecting on the way that participation unfolds across different participatory configurations. We will build upon the discussion started by [2] and [6] and ask: What counts as participation in IT-related fields? How does participation unfold over time and across different participatory configurations?…”