This paper grounds in a research experience for engaging older people as co-designers of several wearable and in-house technologies. We start by describing a case study that is a pre-commercial procurement aimed at developing innovative services for the welfare of citizens, with a focus on older people. We present and discuss the qualitative data gathered on the occasion of a bodystorming with two groups of participants. The analysis led to the identification of the "aesthetic appropriateness", the "social sensitivity", and the "gender awareness" as three different dimensions that affected the acceptability of the technological devices. This approach created the conditions for instantiating the subversive power of participation. At the same time, such a subversion proved the authenticity of the participatory process. By drawing on this project, the purpose of the paper is to further our understanding of the conditions for Participatory Design.
This paper grounds in a research experience for engaging olderpeople as co-designers of several wearable and in-housetechnologies. We start by describing a case study that is a pre-commercial procurement aimed at developing innovativeservices for the welfare of citizens, with a focus on olderpeople. We present and discuss the qualitative data gathered onthe occasion of a bodystorming with two groups of participants.The analysis led to the identification of the “aestheticappropriateness”, the “social sensitivity”, and the “genderawareness” as three different dimensions that affected theacceptability of the technological devices. This approachcreated the conditions for instantiating the subversive power ofparticipation. At the same time, such a subversion proved theauthenticity of the participatory process. By drawing on thisproject, the purpose of the paper is to further our understandingof the conditions for Participatory Design.
Subversive participatory design: Reflections on a case study / Cozza, Michela; Tonolli, Linda; D'Andrea, Vincenzo. - 2:(2016), pp. 53-56. ( 14th Participatory Design Conference, PDC 2016 Aarhus, Denmark 15th-19th August 2016) [10.1145/2948076.2948085].
Subversive participatory design: Reflections on a case study
Cozza, Michela;Tonolli, Linda;D'Andrea, Vincenzo
2016-01-01
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This paper grounds in a research experience for engaging older people as co-designers of several wearable and in-house technologies. We start by describing a case study that is a pre-commercial procurement aimed at developing innovative services for the welfare of citizens, with a focus on older people. We present and discuss the qualitative data gathered on the occasion of a bodystorming with two groups of participants. The analysis led to the identification of the "aesthetic appropriateness", the "social sensitivity", and the "gender awareness" as three different dimensions that affected the acceptability of the technological devices. This approach created the conditions for instantiating the subversive power of participation. At the same time, such a subversion proved the authenticity of the participatory process. By drawing on this project, the purpose of the paper is to further our understanding of the conditions for Participatory Design.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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