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Disentangling power and decision-making in participatory design

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Tone Bratteteig,

Ina WagnerAuthors Info & Claims

PDC '12: Proceedings of the 12th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers - Volume 1

Pages 41 - 50

https://doi.org/10.1145/2347635.2347642

Published: 12 August 2012 Publication History

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This paper uses the example of a participatory design project in support of urban planning to analyse the complexity of design decisions. A set of design decisions is described and discussed, showing who made decisions on what. We discuss big decisions and small decisions, decisions internal to the project and related to the outside world, and decisions that might be called non-decisions. A conceptual framework on power is applied for understanding decision-making, power and conflict in Participatory Design projects. We discuss the concept of power, making distinctions between sources of power (among them expert knowledge, resource allocation, values, and interpretations); as well as between various mechanisms guiding decision-making: power, influence, trust and seeking understanding.

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PDC '12: Proceedings of the 12th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers - Volume 1

August 2012

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ISBN:9781450308465

DOI:10.1145/2347635

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Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
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Roskilde University, Denmark
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