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Nonhumans in participatory design

Rice, Louis

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Louis Rice Louis.Rice@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Architecture



Abstract

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article examines the role that nonhumans play in participatory design. Research and practice concerned with participatory design mostly focuses on human participants, however nonhumans also participate in the design process and can play a significant role in shaping the process. This article focuses on how nonhumans participate in the design process. An empirical case study is used to illustrate how humans and nonhumans assemble to form networks in order to effect a design. Nonhumans increase the level of participation in a design process. The case study reveals how nonhumans help to maintain, destroy or strengthen networks by substituting, mediating and communicating with humans and often, in doing so, making human actors more or less visible in the process. Nonhumans play a part in configuring the social. Revealing the presence and roles of nonhumans is an important means through which to increase the democracy within the design process.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 3, 2017
Online Publication Date Apr 20, 2017
Publication Date Jul 1, 2018
Deposit Date May 2, 2017
Publicly Available Date Apr 20, 2018
Journal CoDesign
Print ISSN 1571-0882
Electronic ISSN 1745-3755
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 14
Issue 3
Pages 238-257
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2017.1316409
Keywords participatory design, nonhumans, actor-network, urban design, tactical urbanism
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/889023
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2017.1316409
Additional Information Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts on 20th April 2017, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2017.1316409
Contract Date May 2, 2017

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