TY - JOUR
T1 - When we talk about time, we mean many different things
T2 - employing visual mapping to think through more-than-human temporalities in participatory design
AU - Zohar, Hadas
AU - Simeone, Luca
AU - de Götzen, Amalia
AU - Morelli, Nicola
PY - 2024/8/28
Y1 - 2024/8/28
N2 - In recent years, the scope of participatory design has broadened to encompass perspectives and approaches beyond the human realm. This expansion requires considering multiple aspects to fully capture ‘more-than-humans’ diversity and concerns. One approach to tackle this multifaceted challenge is by examining it through the lens of time. However, the temporal dynamics of more-than-human entities remain relatively unexplored within participatory design. This paper investigates the potential of visual mapping to aid stakeholders engaged in participatory design processes that incorporate more-than-human perspectives in navigating the complex dimensions of more-than-human time. The findings demonstrate how visual mapping can facilitate thinking beyond linearity, developing awareness of workshop-related temporality, making time concrete, understanding the ‘far lense’ through the ‘near lense’, comprehending time’s relationality, unfolding time and considering multiple timespans simultaneously. Based on these findings, the paper suggests that visual mapping can help understand more-than-human temporalities in participatory design by thinking through them as a reflective practice.
AB - In recent years, the scope of participatory design has broadened to encompass perspectives and approaches beyond the human realm. This expansion requires considering multiple aspects to fully capture ‘more-than-humans’ diversity and concerns. One approach to tackle this multifaceted challenge is by examining it through the lens of time. However, the temporal dynamics of more-than-human entities remain relatively unexplored within participatory design. This paper investigates the potential of visual mapping to aid stakeholders engaged in participatory design processes that incorporate more-than-human perspectives in navigating the complex dimensions of more-than-human time. The findings demonstrate how visual mapping can facilitate thinking beyond linearity, developing awareness of workshop-related temporality, making time concrete, understanding the ‘far lense’ through the ‘near lense’, comprehending time’s relationality, unfolding time and considering multiple timespans simultaneously. Based on these findings, the paper suggests that visual mapping can help understand more-than-human temporalities in participatory design by thinking through them as a reflective practice.
KW - more-than-human
KW - non-anthropocentric design
KW - participatory design
KW - research through design (RtD)
KW - temporality
KW - visual communication
KW - visual mapping,
KW - visual mapping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203832676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1440257
DO - 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1440257
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2297-900X
VL - 9
JO - Frontiers in Communication
JF - Frontiers in Communication
M1 - 1440257
ER -