Public action/political space: an appreciative response to John Parkinson

Participatory Design; A New Approach to Regenerate the Public Space

The following study aims to present an innovative approach for Design. Participatory Design is the model of direct involvement of different social groups in the design from functional tools to environments, social institutions and businesses. Diverse collection of practices has been developed to support this direct involvement by Participatory Design. People are invited to participate during di...

Public Participation: Methods Matter; A Response to Boaz et al.

A Personal Perspective from an Appreciative Student.

My pathway to Dr. Reitan began when I was a psychometrist, working in the psychology department at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital. Among other tasks, I was often asked to conduct psychological examinations with the goal of differentiating between “organic” or “functional” disorders in the patients referred to our department. This was generally accomplished with instruments such as the WAIS, Bend...

participatory design; a new approach to regenerate the public space

the following study aims to present an innovative approach for design. participatory design is the model of direct involvement of different social groups in the design from functional tools to environments, social institutions and businesses. diverse collection of practices has been developed to support this direct involvement by participatory design. people are invited to participate during di...

John Smythies Space , Time and Consciousness

This paper describes a new theory of consciousness based on previous work by C.D. Broad, H.H. Price, Andrei Linde and others. This hypothesis states that the Universe consists of three fundamental entities — space-time, matter and consciousness, each with their own degrees of freedom. The paper pays particular attention to three areas that impact on this theory: (1) the demonstration by neurosc...