FeaturesSpecial topic: HCI in the Arab world

XXVI.3 May - June 2019
Page: 50
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What is participation? Emerging challenges for participatory design in globalized conditions


Authors:
Max Krüger, Ana Duarte, Anne Weibert, Konstantin Aal, Reem Talhouk, Oussama Metatla

At its very core, participatory design (PD) is concerned with issues of power [1]. Since PD's earliest applications, the aim has been to make voices heard and provide agency through participation in the design of technological artifacts, infrastructures, and processes. But participation does not happen by itself, and what participation means differs from time to time, place to place, and culture to culture. It needs to be actively constructed and adapted to the present conditions. To do this, PD practitioners must be mindful of the existing power relations not just between participants and the rest of the world, but…




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