Towards a Power-Balanced Participatory Design Process

F. Tomasini Giannini; I. Mulder

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Towards a Power-Balanced Participatory Design Process

F. Tomasini Giannini, I. Mulder

Codesigning Social Change

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Abstract

Participatory designers have taken inspiration from other practices like the social sciences to develop socially just and horizontal processes to collaborate with communities. In the current work, we take the premise that designers do not have enough means to address concepts of power and politics in design practice. Therefore, we elaborate upon how designers could develop horizontal
relationships within participatory design practices. Informed by the legacy of Paulo Freire, a research-through-design study exploring new ways of engaging and interacting with the community has been conducted. The study setup allowed for reflection upon the changing role of the designer in a community context. We conclude with a series of propositions and discuss their contribution to power-balanced relationships in participatory design processes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference- Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022
Editors	Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Joyce Yee, Christopher Frauenberger, Melisa Duque Hurtado, Nicolai Hansen, Angelika Strohmayer, Izak Van Zyl, Andy Dearden, Reem Talhouk, Cally Gatehouse, Donna Leishman, Shana Agid, Mariacristina Sciannamblo, Jennyfer Taylor, Andrea Botero, Chiara Del Gaudio, Yoko Akama, Rachel Clarke, John Vines
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computer Machinery
Pages	111-117
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-9681-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537819
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Aug 2022 → 1 Sept 2022

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	2

Conference

Conference	Participatory Design Conference 2022
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Newcastle upon Tyne
Period	19/08/22 → 1/09/22

Keywords

Dialogical Spaces
Liberation
Participatory Design
Power Dynam- ics
Praxis
Reflection
Social Justice

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Tomasini Giannini, F., & Mulder, I. (2022). Towards a Power-Balanced Participatory Design Process. In V. Vlachokyriakos, J. Yee, C. Frauenberger, M. D. Hurtado, N. Hansen, A. Strohmayer, I. Van Zyl, A. Dearden, R. Talhouk, C. Gatehouse, D. Leishman, S. Agid, M. Sciannamblo, J. Taylor, A. Botero, C. Del Gaudio, Y. Akama, R. Clarke, & J. Vines (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference- Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022 (pp. 111-117). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 2). Association for Computer Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537819

Tomasini Giannini, F. ; Mulder, I. / Towards a Power-Balanced Participatory Design Process. Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference- Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022. editor / Vasilis Vlachokyriakos ; Joyce Yee ; Christopher Frauenberger ; Melisa Duque Hurtado ; Nicolai Hansen ; Angelika Strohmayer ; Izak Van Zyl ; Andy Dearden ; Reem Talhouk ; Cally Gatehouse ; Donna Leishman ; Shana Agid ; Mariacristina Sciannamblo ; Jennyfer Taylor ; Andrea Botero ; Chiara Del Gaudio ; Yoko Akama ; Rachel Clarke ; John Vines. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computer Machinery, 2022. pp. 111-117 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Tomasini Giannini, F & Mulder, I 2022, Towards a Power-Balanced Participatory Design Process. in V Vlachokyriakos, J Yee, C Frauenberger, MD Hurtado, N Hansen, A Strohmayer, I Van Zyl, A Dearden, R Talhouk, C Gatehouse, D Leishman, S Agid, M Sciannamblo, J Taylor, A Botero, C Del Gaudio, Y Akama, R Clarke & J Vines (eds), Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference- Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 2, Association for Computer Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 111-117, Participatory Design Conference 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 19/08/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3537797.3537819

Towards a Power-Balanced Participatory Design Process. / Tomasini Giannini, F.; Mulder, I.
Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference- Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022. ed. / Vasilis Vlachokyriakos; Joyce Yee; Christopher Frauenberger; Melisa Duque Hurtado; Nicolai Hansen; Angelika Strohmayer; Izak Van Zyl; Andy Dearden; Reem Talhouk; Cally Gatehouse; Donna Leishman; Shana Agid; Mariacristina Sciannamblo; Jennyfer Taylor; Andrea Botero; Chiara Del Gaudio; Yoko Akama; Rachel Clarke; John Vines. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computer Machinery, 2022. p. 111-117 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 2).

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Tomasini Giannini F, Mulder I. Towards a Power-Balanced Participatory Design Process. In Vlachokyriakos V, Yee J, Frauenberger C, Hurtado MD, Hansen N, Strohmayer A, Van Zyl I, Dearden A, Talhouk R, Gatehouse C, Leishman D, Agid S, Sciannamblo M, Taylor J, Botero A, Del Gaudio C, Akama Y, Clarke R, Vines J, editors, Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference- Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computer Machinery. 2022. p. 111-117. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3537797.3537819

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