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Analyzing the politics of PD: a conceptual investigation

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PDC '14: Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Industry Cases, Workshop Descriptions, Doctoral Consortium papers, and Keynote abstracts - Volume 2

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This workshop discusses power, participation and the politics of PD. We propose a set of concepts and related questions for analyzing and deliberating these issues on the basis of participants' own experiences in PD projects. The conceptual framework we propose has been inspired by Schön's notion of 'design moves' and by Alfred Schütz' concept of choice. The PD experiences of workshop participants will be explored collaboratively with the aim of arriving at a deeper and more specific understanding of what the users participate in and how they can recognize their influence in the design result.

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PDC '14: Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Industry Cases, Workshop Descriptions, Doctoral Consortium papers, and Keynote abstracts - Volume 2

October 2014

278 pages

ISBN:9781450332149

DOI:10.1145/2662155

General Chairs:
Heike Winschiers-Theophilus
Windhoek, Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia
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Vincenzo D'Andrea
University of Trento, Italy
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Program Chair:
Ole Sejer Iversen
Aarhus University, Denmark

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