Exploring participatory pre-project processes: Making research work in municipality organizations

Erik Grönvall, Stefan Lundberg

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Abstract

Previous Participatory design (PD) and HCI work have discussed the outcomes of research and design projects, their processes, technology innovations, methods, and users. Researchers have also examined the phases of collaborative research projects, including the ‘before’, ‘during’ and ‘after’ stages. There are however substantially more papers describing aspects of participation and collaboration in the during and after stages of a design research project compared with papers discussing collaborative activities before the formal project starts, during the pre-project activities where a project is negotiated, and its finances secured. This paper uses two municipal co-design research projects to explore participatory and collaborative processes as they unfolded before the actual projects started. By mainly considering the before-stage of these projects, this paper sheds light on a less studied aspect of many co-design projects, and research projects in general – how they came into being and the role of participation in designing the project-to-be.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOzCHI 2022: the 34th Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Group
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date1 Nov 2022
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2022
EventOzCHI22: connected creativity - Canberra, Australia
Duration: 29 Nov 20222 Dec 2022
http://www.ozchi.org/2022/

Conference

ConferenceOzCHI22
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityCanberra
Period29/11/202202/12/2022
Internet address

Keywords

  • Participatory Design
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Co-Design
  • Pre-Project Activities
  • Collaborative Processes

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