Enhancing cross-cultural participation through creative visual exploration

Rodil, Kasper; Winschiers‐Theophilus, Heike; Jensen, Kasper Løvborg

doi:10.1145/2347635.2347647

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“…Consequently, artifacts of culture, such as information technology, are not designed in a culturally neutral way, but are rather encoded with the designer's implicit (and often subconscious) cultural values [4]. For example, previous work has shown how culture influences the encoding and decoding of meanings associated with representations of daily life, and the importance of accounting for these differences during technology design stages [17]. This bespeaks the need to integrate the perspectives of users in design processes, particularly in culturally diverse communities.…”

Section: The Role Of Culture In Technology Design and Usagementioning

confidence: 99%

CulTech2015

Memarović

Sabiescu

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

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With globalization and technological advances, people are increasingly coming into contact with others from different cultural backgrounds, particularly in place-based and virtual communities. Yet, cultural diversity -the diversity of community members' cultural backgrounds -offers both significant benefits and challenges in the design, usage and evaluation of technologies. In this one-day workshop, we explore the role of cultural diversity in potentially informing, supporting, challenging or impacting the design of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) within community contexts. To delve into this complex and multifaceted space, we welcome workshop submissions that 1) engage broadly with the role of culture within technology design and usage for, with and by communities, as well as 2) proposals for approaches, tools, conceptual and methodological frameworks, case studies and best practices in community-based design that exploit cultural diversity as an asset and seek to encourage intercultural interactions. Our goal is to bring together academics and practitioners from different domains such as computer science, urban design, interactive art, anthropology and social sciences who share a common interest in exploring the design space of ICTs, culture and communities.

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Section: The Role Of Culture In Technology Design and Usagementioning

confidence: 99%

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Memarović

Sabiescu

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

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“…It has been argued that designing for local communities involves working with and accounting for two different and at times incompatible ways of knowing [2,3]. When the aim is to create culturally representative and locally useful artefacts, design relies on embracing a local viewpoint and allowing activities and design solutions to emerge from it [2]. Community-based design studies, in particular if conducted in indigenous contexts, agree that community participation is the real measure in the development of community-representative artefacts [2,3,5].…”

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“…When the aim is to create culturally representative and locally useful artefacts, design relies on embracing a local viewpoint and allowing activities and design solutions to emerge from it [2]. Community-based design studies, in particular if conducted in indigenous contexts, agree that community participation is the real measure in the development of community-representative artefacts [2,3,5]. Community-centric design is not about applying the right method, it rather implies re-interpreting all articulations of the design process in the light of the specific situation [3,13].…”

Section: Background and Related Workmentioning

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“…For example, ICTs can be instrumental for preservation and transmission of local knowledge among different generations of the same community [2,3], recovery of memory by appropriation and digital representation of community artefacts [4], and networking among disenfranchised indigenous communities [5]. These goals can be supported by the design and development of various information spaces, communication artefacts, and repositories, ranging from digital archives to community websites.…”

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2013

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Abstract. Participatory design approaches are being increasingly employed for designing digital artefacts and information systems with and for local communities. These cases require a reconceptualization of PD processes to account for widened knowledge gaps between designers and community members, and new patterns of community-defined design goals. In this paper we provide a perspective on the design process that will help designers to better plan their involvement in participatory projects with local communities. Our analytical stance resides on an interpretation of Étienne Wenger's theory of cultural transparency. Participatory design is analysed as an iterative process of decoding and encoding that involves users/local people and designers having as outcome understanding (through decoding) and representations (through encoding). Cultural transparency, achieved when the two agents advanced sufficient understanding on the other's practices, is the landmark for effective design. The paper argues for the importance of working towards attainment of cultural transparency in community-based projects, in particular when the goal is to create culturally representative artefacts. Examples of activities and suggestions for advancing cultural transparency in these contexts are provided.

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2017

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Enhancing cross-cultural participation through creative visual exploration

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