Decolonising Participatory Design Practices: Towards Participations Otherwise

Rachel Charlotte Smith; Heike Winschiers-Theophilus; Doria Loi; Asnath Paula Kambunga; Marly Muudeni Samuel; Rogerio Abreu de Paula

doi:10.1145/3384772.3385172

Decolonising Participatory Design Practices: Towards Participations Otherwise

Rachel Charlotte Smith, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Doria Loi, Asnath Paula Kambunga, Marly Muudeni Samuel, Rogerio Abreu de Paula

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Abstract

Participatory Design (PD) approaches are particularly well-suited to contribute to contemporary debates of decolonisation in design due to PD's long-standing political traditions and values of democracy and empowerment. Decolonising discourses teach us that we need to move away from the universalising ĝ€grand narratives' of knowledge production and focus on contextualising diverse and situated experiences, epistemologies and narratives. Yet, few contributions actively demonstrate what a shift to decolonising PD means in practice. This interactive workshop will invigorate the gap in PD debates of decolonisation by bringing together and demonstrating how participatory designers in diverse global contexts are working with and adapting modes, concepts, methodologies and sensibilities of PD into decolonising practices. These practices not only create new shifts and worldviews, but have potential for developing truly transcultural and transdisciplinary PD approaches.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exploratory Papers and Workshops
Editors	Chiara Del Gaudio, Leonardo Parra, Shana Agid, Cristhian Parra, Giacomo Poderi, Diana Duque, Liliana Villezcas, Andrea Botero, Felipe César Londoño, Paula Escandón
Number of pages	3
Volume	2
Place of publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2020
Pages	206-208
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-7606-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3384772.3385172
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	Participatory Design Conference - Manizales, Colombia Duration: 15 Jun 2020 → 19 Jun 2020 Conference number: 16 http://pdc2020.org

Conference

Conference	Participatory Design Conference
Number	16
Country/Territory	Colombia
City	Manizales
Period	15/06/2020 → 19/06/2020
Internet address	http://pdc2020.org

Keywords

Decolonisation
epistemology
methodology
transdisciplinary
transcultural
Methodology
Transdisciplinary
Transcultural

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Smith, R. C., Winschiers-Theophilus, H., Loi, D., Kambunga, A. P., Samuel, M. M., & Abreu de Paula, R. (2020). Decolonising Participatory Design Practices: Towards Participations Otherwise. In C. Del Gaudio, L. Parra, S. Agid, C. Parra, G. Poderi, D. Duque, L. Villezcas, A. Botero, F. C. Londoño, & P. Escandón (Eds.), Exploratory Papers and Workshops (Vol. 2, pp. 206-208). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3384772.3385172

Smith, Rachel Charlotte ; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike ; Loi, Doria et al. / Decolonising Participatory Design Practices : Towards Participations Otherwise. Exploratory Papers and Workshops. editor / Chiara Del Gaudio ; Leonardo Parra ; Shana Agid ; Cristhian Parra ; Giacomo Poderi ; Diana Duque ; Liliana Villezcas ; Andrea Botero ; Felipe César Londoño ; Paula Escandón . Vol. 2 New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. pp. 206-208

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Smith, RC, Winschiers-Theophilus, H, Loi, D, Kambunga, AP, Samuel, MM & Abreu de Paula, R 2020, Decolonising Participatory Design Practices: Towards Participations Otherwise. in C Del Gaudio, L Parra, S Agid, C Parra, G Poderi, D Duque, L Villezcas, A Botero, FC Londoño & P Escandón (eds), Exploratory Papers and Workshops. vol. 2, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 206-208, Participatory Design Conference, Manizales, Colombia, 15/06/2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3384772.3385172

Decolonising Participatory Design Practices: Towards Participations Otherwise. / Smith, Rachel Charlotte; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike; Loi, Doria et al.
Exploratory Papers and Workshops. ed. / Chiara Del Gaudio; Leonardo Parra; Shana Agid; Cristhian Parra; Giacomo Poderi; Diana Duque; Liliana Villezcas; Andrea Botero; Felipe César Londoño; Paula Escandón . Vol. 2 New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. p. 206-208.

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Smith RC, Winschiers-Theophilus H, Loi D, Kambunga AP, Samuel MM, Abreu de Paula R. Decolonising Participatory Design Practices: Towards Participations Otherwise. In Del Gaudio C, Parra L, Agid S, Parra C, Poderi G, Duque D, Villezcas L, Botero A, Londoño FC, Escandón P, editors, Exploratory Papers and Workshops. Vol. 2. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. 2020. p. 206-208 doi: 10.1145/3384772.3385172

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