different methods of participation

different methods of participation

Category:
User Experience

Net4Age Ontology Terms:
citizen , design , inclusion

Description:

While it is necessary to identify goals and objectives in planning for participation, it is also necessary to analyze the techniques that are available and the resources they require.

Overview: 
Participator planning workshop conducted in Gibson with twenty users. Discusses about issues faced, and finally summarises 5-rules on how to plan for more inclusive participatory design workshop .

Objectives: 
Analysis of issues in panning and conducting participatory design workshops

Initiatives: 
The research detials a designer's attitude, resoucres and knowledge in planning and conducting an inclusive co-design workshop.
Shortcomings: 
- Though it is conducted with 20 users, this research was not conducted specifically for elderly people. - The final collective review and theories and practices of participation is broad and doesn not delve into specifics of designing for elderly.
Relevance: 
2
Relevance Description: 
Not quite relevant since the users of this research are from different age groups.
Quality: 
3
Opinion: 
It is not a direct source of knowledge for designing for elderly people, but can help in moving towards an inclusive deisgn process. However, I think it is not relevant for this age-friendly database.
Overlap: 
No
Overlap Detail: 
Sources: 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254072812_Participatory_Design_in_Focus
Keywords: 
Participatory planning and design, manifesto, co-design, new approaches
Email: 
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