Participatory Design Going Digital: Challenges and Opportunities for Distributed Place-Making

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Journal Article
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Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Volume Title
Language
en
Date
2022
Authors
Slingerland G
Murray M
McCarthy J
Brazier F
Lukosch, Stephan
Abstract

COVID-19 has urged researchers to explore new options for distributed participatory design, as physical meetings and workshops became unfeasible. This situation posed new challenges but also opportunities, in particular with respect to engagement and inclusion. This paper focuses on distributed PD with Irish teenagers to support place-making during this period: to build relationships with each other and the community. In a two-week online summer school, teenagers explored a concern or highlighted a unique aspect of their local community and designed digital artworks in response. Activities and materials were designed to support reflection, empowerment, inclusiveness, emergence, and playfulness for participatory place-making. Analysis of the summer school provides insights and guidance on the design of online PD for engaging experiences, especially in the context of place-making.

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Slingerland G, Murray M, Lukosch S, McCarthy J, Brazier F (2022). Participatory Design Going Digital: Challenges and Opportunities for Distributed Place-Making. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
Keywords
Digital arts, Local communities, Participatory design, Place-making, Summer school
Ngā upoko tukutuku/Māori subject headings
ANZSRC fields of research
0806 Information Systems
1203 Design Practice and Management
1702 Cognitive Sciences
Fields of Research::33 - Built environment and design::3303 - Design::330306 - Design practice and methods
Fields of Research::44 - Human society::4406 - Human geography::440610 - Social geography
Fields of Research::46 - Information and computing sciences::4608 - Human-centred computing::460803 - Collaborative and social computing
Fields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390405 - Educational technology and computing
Fields of Research::39 - Education::3901 - Curriculum and pedagogy::390101 - Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
Fields of Research::36 - Creative arts and writing::3605 - Screen and digital media::360503 - Digital and electronic media art
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