Abstract
In this paper we describe our experience in teaching Participatory Design during a period of student activism. The paper begins with an introduction to the general contexts, characterised by widespread university budget cuts and student activism, and our positioning as course instructors. Drawing upon different conceptualisations of participation, from innovation to motivation, we describe and analyse our experience in teaching a course as it was a Participatory Design project, discussing with students not only some side elements but the whole course details and structure. In conclusions, we show under which conditions this approach is able to re-frame the power balance between teachers and students.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | PDC '10 Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Participatory Design Conference |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | 29 Nov 2010 |
| Pages | 223-226 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450301312 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Nov 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 11th Biennial Participatory Design Conference, PDC 2010 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2010 → 3 Dec 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | 11th Biennial Participatory Design Conference, PDC 2010 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Sydney, NSW |
| Period | 29/11/2010 → 03/12/2010 |
| Sponsor | The UTS Human Centred Technology Design Research Strength, Roskilde Univ., Dep. Commun., Bus. Inf. Technol., University of Technology, The Faculty of Engineering and IT, CHISIG, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, Digital Eskimo, Zumio |
Keywords
- Education
- Methods
- Participatory design
- Power
- Teaching