May 10, 2012 @ 11:30, Room: 11A
Invited SIG - Participation and HCI: Why Involve People in Design? - SIG Meeting
Contribution & Benefit: In this invited SIG we discuss the role of participation in HCI. Positions will be presented from four experts, provoking us to discuss why we include people in design processes.
Abstract » Participation is of high relevance to the CHI Design community. Participatory work has been performed with very different intentions: to democratize the design process; to better inform the design of new systems; to engage the public in the construction of their own futures; or simply to appease funding commitments. Whilst this increased attention has lead to a large amount of methodological innovation, very little effort has been spent reflecting on why various participatory approaches should, or should not be, used and how we can assess their impacts on the design process and products. This invited SIG will bring together invited experts who have explored participation to different degrees within their past work to provoke group and plenary audience discussion. The aim of this SIG is to provide an opportunity for discussion and reflection on how and why participative methods are used in HCI research and practice.