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Work, labour and action: the role of participatory design in (re)activating the political dimension of work

Authors:

Liesbeth Huybrechts,

Virginia Tassinari,

Barbara Roosen,

Teodora ConstantinescuAuthors Info & Claims

PDC '18: Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Full Papers - Volume 1

Article No.: 1, Pages 1 - 11

https://doi.org/10.1145/3210586.3210599

Published: 20 August 2018 Publication History

Abstract

This article discusses the difficult task of Participatory Design (PD) to design for/with the political dimension of work, such as the work environments' care for inclusion of different groups. It first describes PD's role through time in giving form to this political dimension after the crisis of Fordism and detects some challenges PD is confronted with in addressing this task today. It then explores how Hannah Arendt's reflections on the political dimension of work can contribute to addressing these challenges, researching how her definitions of 'work', 'labour', 'action', 'agorà', 'heroes' and 'interests' can be used as steering concepts that support the (re)activation of this political dimension. We describe how we used Arendt's concepts to steer a PD case in urban design with a group of architects, companies and citizens on how to reintegrate work into the city space of Antwerp. This paper ends with a discussion on the implications of using Arendt's concepts in PD for work.

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Work, labour and action: the role of participatory design in (re)activating the political dimension of work
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Participatory design

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PDC '18: Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Full Papers - Volume 1

August 2018

207 pages

ISBN:9781450363716

DOI:10.1145/3210586

Editors:
Liesbeth Huybrechts
Hasselt University, Belgium
,
Maurizio Teli
Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
,
Ann Light
University of Sussex, United Kingdom
,
Yanki Lee
Enable Foundation, Hong Kong China/Linnaeus University, Sweden
,
Julia Garde
University of Twente, Netherlands
,
John Vines
Northumbria University, United Kingdom
,
Eva Brandt
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Denmark
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Anne Marie Kanstrup
Aalborg University, Denmark
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Keld Bødker
Roskilde Uniuversity, Denmark

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