Three tensions in participatory design for inclusion

Holone, Harald; Herstad, Jo

doi:10.1145/2470654.2481401

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“…This is particularly important when working with audiences with special needs; for example, children or people with disabilities [20].Malinverni et al [20] outline the opportunity of PD as a means of empowering children with special needs, while Holone and Herstad [16] reflect upon challenges that result from differences in abilities among participants, e.g., the use of proxies in communication.…”

Section: Diverse Audiences and Participatory Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing Movement-based Play With Young People Using Powered Wheelchairs

Gerling

Hicks

Kalyn

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Young people using powered wheelchairs have limited access to engaging leisure activities. We address this issue through a two-stage project; 1) the participatory development of a set of wheelchair-controlled, movementbased games (with 9 participants at a school that provides education for young people who have special needs) and 2) three case studies (4 participants) exploring player perspectives on a set of three wheelchair-controlled casual games. Our results show that movement-based playful experiences are engaging for young people using powered wheelchairs. However, the participatory design process and case studies also reveal challenges for game accessibility regarding the integration of movement in games, diversity of abilities among young people using powered wheelchairs, and the representation of disability in games. In our paper, we explore how to address those challenges in the development of accessible, empowering movementbased games, which is crucial to the wider participation of young people using powered wheelchairs in play.

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Section: Diverse Audiences and Participatory Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing Movement-based Play With Young People Using Powered Wheelchairs

Gerling

Hicks

Kalyn

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Guha et al (2008) propose a more differentiated view on user involvement when working with children with special needs, outlining that depending on the severity of disability, different levels of involvement (e.g., designing, or testing) need to be considered. Along these lines, Holone and Herstad (2013) reflect upon inclusion and participatory design, and identify challenges regarding user involvement and time constraints, participants' potential lack of experience of taking on an active role in the design process, and communication barriers that may be the result of complex needs.…”

Section: Participatory Design In Human-computer Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating wheelchair-controlled video games: Challenges and opportunities when involving young people with mobility impairments and game design experts

Gerling

Linehan

Kirman

et al. 2016

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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Although participatory design (PD) is currently the most acceptable and respectful process we have for designing technology, recent discussions suggest that there may be two barriers to the successful application of PD to the design of digital games: First, the involvement of audiences with special needs can introduce new practical and ethical challenges to the design process. Second, the use of non-experts in game design roles has been criticised in that participants lack skills necessary to create games of appropriate quality. To explore how domain knowledge and user involvement influence game design, we present results from two projects that addressed the creation of movement-based wheelchair-controlled video games from different perspectives. The first project was carried out together with a local school that provides education for young people with special needs, where we invited students who use wheelchairs to take part in design sessions. The second project involved university students on a game development course, who do not use wheelchairs, taking on the role of expert designers. They were asked to design concepts for wheelchair-controlled games as part of a final-year course on game design. Our results show that concepts developed by both groups were generally suitable examples of wheelchair-controlled motion-based video games, but we observed differences regarding level of detail of game concepts, and ideas of disability. Additionally, our results show that the design exercise exposed vulnerabilities in both groups, outlining that the risk of practical and emotional vulnerability needs to be considered when working with the target audience as well as expert designers. Highlights  First participatory study designing games for young people using wheelchairs.  Reflection on relative contribution of game design expertise and experience.  Explores representation of mobility disability by participants in design process.  Reflection on how vulnerability of participants exposed through design process.

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“…Scaife et al, 1997;Scaife and Rogers, 1999;Moraveji et al, 2007;Mazzone et al, 2010), and ICT researchers or practitioners themselves. When working with children with special needs, adult proxies or helpers may also be important participants in the design process (De Leo and Leroy, 2008;Guha, Druin, and Fails, 2008;Holone and Herstad, 2013).…”

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Multiple voices in ICT design with children – a nexus analytical enquiry

Molin-Juustila

Kinnula

Iivari

et al. 2015

Behaviour & Information Technology

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Abstract. Children's participation in information and communication technology (ICT) design is an established interdisciplinary research field. Methods for children's participation have been developed, but a closer link between theory and design has been called for, as well as an examination of various participants influencing children's participation in ICT design. This paper addresses these gaps by introducing the research strategy of nexus analysis as a promising theoretical framework. Especially the concepts of 'interaction order' and 'historical body' are utilized in the analysis of six empirical studies on ICT design with children. The analysis shows that through the participating children there were also 'others' involved, multiple voices to be heard, often invisible but informing design. Some of these 'others' have already been acknowledged in literature but the issue has not been examined in depth and common vocabulary for this is lacking. Some practical implications will be offered by illustrating how to consider these concepts in different phases of ICT design: when establishing relationships with children, involving children as participant designers, and analysing the results of these participative processes.

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Three tensions in participatory design for inclusion

Cited by 46 publications

References 14 publications

Designing Movement-based Play With Young People Using Powered Wheelchairs

Designing Movement-based Play With Young People Using Powered Wheelchairs

Creating wheelchair-controlled video games: Challenges and opportunities when involving young people with mobility impairments and game design experts

Multiple voices in ICT design with children – a nexus analytical enquiry

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