To Empower or Provoke? Exploring approaches for participatory design at schools for neurodiverse individuals in India

Sharma, Sumita; Achary, K. K.; Kinnula, Marianne; Norouzi, Behnaz; Kinnula, Henrietta; Iivari, Netta; Ventä-Olkkonen, Leena; Holappa, Jenni

doi:10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100521

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“…Additionally, participants of such projects have voiced concerns about a lack of ownership of the projects and their findings (Minkler et al , 2002; Stack and McDonald, 2018). In international contexts, challenges of participatory research with disabled participants include the “cultural translation” of language, practices, and norms into local environments (Sharma et al , 2022). Researchers have also found that implementing participatory design in non-Western contexts with disabled children in particular has been difficult due to researchers’ misunderstandings about strict hierarchies between children and adults, which affect children’s participation in the design process.…”

Section: Participatory Research Methodsmentioning

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“…The framework combines complementary approaches from critical pedagogy and multidisciplinary participatory research to form a foundation for equitable partnerships with disabled people. Throughout the literature, there are biases concerning disabled people’s communicational, emotional, and physical capacities that supposedly hinder their engagement in participatory research (Chinn and Pelletier, 2020; Hussain et al , 2012; McDonald and Stack, 2016; Sharma et al , 2022). However, the transformative collaboration framework is primarily derived from literature that challenges this deficit thinking through validating participants’ experiential knowledge (Cammarota and Romero, 2009; Williams and Gilbert, 2019; Liasidou, 2012; Ymous et al , 2020).…”

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Critical pedagogy and disability in participatory research: a review

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2024

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Purpose The literature review explores how multidisciplinary approaches based on critical pedagogy and participatory research can provide frameworks for equitable partnerships and genuine participation in educational design and research practices. Additionally, the essay aims to expand understandings of equitable engagement within educational research and design based on principles from critical pedagogy. Design/methodology/approach The essay draws from diverse literature in the learning sciences, health informatics, industrial design, disability studies, ethnic studies, rehabilitation science, and to a lesser extent HCI research to understand how critical pedagogy and participatory research methods can provide useful frameworks for disabled peoples' equitable engagement and genuine participation in educational research and design. The literature reviewed in the paper concern topics such as participatory approaches to community development with disabled adults, the implementation of university-initiated community partnerships, participatory research with students and disabled people, and the importance of culturally-responsive research practices. The design literature in this review explores various arenas such as the co-design of assistive technologies with disabled children and adults and the design of curricula for students with and without disabilities. This review focuses on research practices that engender disabled peoples' participation in educational research and design, with focus on developing multidisciplinary frameworks for such research. Findings The literature review concludes that participatory research methods and critical pedagogy provide useful frameworks for disabled peoples’ participation in educational design and research practices. Critical pedagogy and participatory design allow for the genuine participation of disabled people in the research process. Social implications Emphases on collaboration and collective knowledge-building in social transformation are present in scholarship concerning critical pedagogy, participatory research, and disability studies. However, these connections have been routinely underexplored in the literature. This paper aims to underscore these integral connections as a means to build solidarity between disabled and other marginalized people. Originality/value The connections between participatory research methods, critical pedagogy, and disability studies have been previously underexplored. The literature review proposes a combined approach, which has the potential to radically transform multiple realms of research beyond the learning and information sciences.

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Section: Participatory Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Transformative Collaborationmentioning

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Critical pedagogy and disability in participatory research: a review

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2024

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Editorial: Pushing the boundaries of Participatory Design with children

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International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

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Exploring Challenges to Inclusion in Participatory Design From the Perspectives of Global North Practitioners

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2023

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Participatory Design (PD) aims to promote inclusivity by involving users throughout the design process. However, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and social computing research have pointed to instances where PD as practiced can, paradoxically, be exclusive. We aim to understand some of the challenges that could lead to exclusivity in order to design more inclusive PD practices. To investigate this, we conducted interviews with ten expert PD practitioners based in the Global North whose focus is on inclusion. Synthesizing practitioners' accounts, we advance understandings of challenges surrounding: 1) instantiating shared spaces that empower partners; 2) developing common ground among stakeholders; and 3) balancing funding needs with open-ended PD. We contribute theoretical and empirical insights into these challenges and close by articulating potential implications for addressing these challenges to inclusion in PD.

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To Empower or Provoke? Exploring approaches for participatory design at schools for neurodiverse individuals in India

Cited by 9 publications

References 86 publications

Critical pedagogy and disability in participatory research: a review

Critical pedagogy and disability in participatory research: a review

Editorial: Pushing the boundaries of Participatory Design with children

Exploring Challenges to Inclusion in Participatory Design From the Perspectives of Global North Practitioners

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