As the complexity of policy problems is increasingly recognized, and participatory approaches gain popularity, workers are applying different methods to engage a wide range stakeholders citizens in development implementation. Alongside burgeoning interest various forms design systems thinking, systemic has emerged as descriptor for practice that integrates dialogue, co-creation sensemaking deci...

This focus section explores the opportunities of design anthropology in participatory design as an approach to research and design in an increasingly global and digital world. Traditionally, ethnography has been used in Participatory design to research real-life contexts and challenges, and as ways to involve people in defining user-needs and design opportunities. As the boundaries between dive...

Andy Dearden Communication & Computing Research Centre Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK [email protected] Alan Jackson Aidworld Humanitarian ICT, The Martin Centre 6 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 2EB, UK [email protected] Ann Light The Fiankoma Project, Community Base 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG, UK [email protected] Paul Matthews Overseas Development Institute, 1...

To support the shift from technology-driven to experience-driven design in a company developing work tools (materials handling equipment), we developed and applied a participatory approach to increase awareness and buy-in of experience design and related methods at the company. We 1) present user experience (UX) design guidelines developed for both designers and managers based on the participat...

Participatory design e the direct involvement of end-users and other stakeholders in design e has become a standard design paradigm in informatics, that is, in developing information systems, applications, infrastructures, and associated work practices. Community informatics, which addresses the impacts and utilisation of information technology to facilitate community life, is a challenging, bu...

We present the implementation of Distributed Constructionism (DC) through a Participatory Design (PD) methodology for an Online Learning community. The students collaborate on the content and functionality development of an online Modern Greek language course, peer review and publish content contributions, and participate in participatory design teams. Participatory design was implemented as a ...