'Thinking with' care in PD: Toward generating research programs and practices to foster 'participations otherwise'

Abstract

In this hands-on, full-day, exploratory workshop we invite participants to collectively map the ĝ€matters of care' that participatory design (PD) researchers and practitioners are presently prioritizing and the methodologies they employ to generate care. In the context of ĝ€participations otherwise,' the resulting collaborative cartography will help us to begin to understand (1) the issues and ways the PD community is caring for ĝ€neglected things'; and (2) the degree to which methodological approaches support the tenets of PD processes: having a say (not just a voice), mutual learning, and co-realization [7]. To build the maps, participants will use and customize the Responsible Innovation Model, an interactive visualization developed by Salamanca, Briggs & Mercer. [6], that will allow them to describe potential, multidimensional design research programs concerned with generating care. We intend to release a revised and extended interactive model to the PD community, and the design community at-large, as an open tool for embracing the ethos of care.