Reworlding: Participatory Design Capabilities to Tackle Socio-Environmental Challenges

Liesbeth Huybrechts, Mela Zuljevic, Oswald Devisch, Virginia Tassinari, Anna Seravalli, Ann Light, Seppe De Blust, Antoniadis Panagiotis, Chiara Bassetti, Nicola Bidwell, Maurizio Teli, Cristiano Storni, Gabriela Avram, Mark Marshall, Filip Majetic, Joachim Declerck

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Abstract

Rising societal polarisations around health and climate crises have brought more attention to the close relations between social and environmental challenges. These polarisations triggered an interest in the participatory design (PD) field in developing approaches that enhance connections between diverse actors operating across societal and environmental sectors. However, the capabilities needed for these approaches have not been sufficiently articulated in PD research and education. To fill in this gap, we define 'reworlding' as an operation of self-critique within PD that engages with capabilities needed to reveal and articulate radical interdependencies between humans and more-than-humans, across social and environmental worlds, and within situated contexts. We propose both the redefinition of the design capabilities needed for (re)connecting these worlds (retracing, reconnecting, reimagining and reinstitutioning), as well as a reconsideration of learning environments where these capabilities can be tested and enhanced.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExploratory Papers, Workshops, Places, Situated Actions and Doctoral Colloquium
EditorsVasilis Vlachokyriakos, Joyce Yee, Christopher Frauenberger, Melisa Duque Hurtado, Nicolai Hansen, Angelika Strohmayer, Izak Van Zyl, Andy Dearden, Reem Talhouk, Cally Gatehouse, Donna Leishman, Shana Agid, Mariacristina Sciannamblo, Jennyfer Taylor, Andrea Botero, Chiara Del Gaudio, Yoko Akama, Rachel Clarke, John Vines
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages173-178
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450396813
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Aug 2022
Event17th Participatory Design Conference - Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022 - Virtual, Online, United Kingdom
Duration: 19 Aug 20221 Sep 2022

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume2

Conference

Conference17th Participatory Design Conference - Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design, PDC 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityVirtual, Online
Period19/08/221/09/22

Keywords

  • Capabilities
  • Participatory design
  • Politics
  • Reworlding
  • Society
  • Sustainability

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