Design as democracy : techniques for collective creativity / edited by David de la Peña [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De la Peña, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development, Urban.

Physical Description:

xii, 326 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]

Summary:

How can we design places that fulfill urgent needs of the community, achieve environmental justice, and inspire long-term stewardship? By bringing community members to the table with designers to collectively create vibrant, important places in cities and neighborhoods. Design as Democracy is written to reinvigorate democratic design, providing inspiration, techniques, and case stories for a wide range of contexts. It offers fresh insights for creating meaningful dialogue between designers and communities to transform places with justice and democracy in mind. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Suiting Up to Shed 9

What's in It for Us? Designing a Durable Team / Julie Stevens Stevens, Julie 11

I Am Someone Who / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 17

Challenging the Blank Slate / Sungkyung Lee Lee, Sungkyung, Laura J. Lawson Lawson, Laura J. 21

Environmental Autobiography Adaptations / Marcia J. McNally McNally, Marcia J., Laura J. Lawson Lawson, Laura J. 26

Finding Yourself in the Census / Marcia J. McNally McNally, Marcia J. 32

Consume, Vend, and Produce / Marcia J. McNally McNally, Marcia J. 37

Chapter 2 Going to the People's Coming 43

Start by Listening / Noah Billig Billig, Noah 48

Village Talk / Hala Nassar Nassar, Hala, Paul Duggan Duggan, Paul 52

Community Camera: Piga Picha / Chelina Odbert Odbert, Chelina, Joe Mulligan Mulligan, Joe 56

Sketching Together / Richard Alomar Alomar, Richard 60

El Carrito: Rolling Out the Cart / Javier Fraga Cadórniga Cadórniga, Javier Fraga, David de la Pena Pena, David de la 64

Pop Up Meeting / Amanda Lovelee Lovelee, Amanda 68

Chapter 3 Experting: They Know, We Know, and Together We Know Better, Later 73

Cellphone Diaries: Asset Mapping with Mobile Technology / Kofi Boone Boone, Kofi 77

Mining the Indigenous / Austin Allen Allen, Austin 83

The Investigative Reporter / Patsy Eubanks Owens Owens, Patsy Eubanks 87

Reflect, Articulate, Project (R.A.P.) Method for Sharing Community Stories / C. L. Bohannon Bohannon, C. L., Terry Clements Clements, Terry 91

Adults Designing Playgrounds by Becoming Children / Yeun-Kum Kim Kim, Yeun-Kum 95

Chapter 4 Calming and Evoking 101

Mapping the Common Living Sphere / Kota Maruya Maruya, Kota 104

Visual Timeline / Sibyl Diver Diver, Sibyl 109

Children's Exciting Neighborhood Exploration Event / Isami Kinoshita Kinoshita, Isami 115

Community Innovation Forum / Christian Dimmer Dimmer, Christian, Yu Ohtani Ohtani, Yu 122

The Big Map / Chao-Ching Yu Yu, Chao-Ching 128

Chapter 5 "Yeah! That's What We Should Do" 133

Prioritizing Decisions / Maren King King, Maren 136

Community Voting, Local Committees / Sago Network Network, Sago 140

Getting a Gestalt / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 146

In-House Aha! / Marcia J. McNally McNally, Marcia J. 152

Renkei Method: Scaling Up by Connecting Scenes / Yoko Tsuchiya Tsuchiya, Yoko, Masato Dohi Dohi, Masato 158

Chapter 6 Co-generating 165

Drawing Out the Sacred, Upside Down / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 169

Green Rubber Stamp / Chen Yu Lien Lien, Chen Yu 173

Design Buffet / Jeffrey Hou Hou, Jeffrey 178

Place It Workshop / James Rojas Rojas, James 182

Picture Collage Game / Hideaki Shimura Shimura, Hideaki, Kousuke Masuo Masuo, Kousuke, Shigeru Satoh Satoh, Shigeru 185

Designing Life / Shin Aiba Aiba, Shin, Jing Jin Jin, Jing, Akihiro Soga Soga, Akihiro, Hirotaka Ikeda Ikeda, Hirotaka 189

Chapter 7 Engaging the Making 195

Start with Building / Alex Gilliam Gilliam, Alex 199

Early Success through Banner Making / Milenko Matanovic Matanovic, Milenko 203

Pallet Furniture / Lauren Elder Elder, Lauren 207

La Maqueta: Interactive Model for Studying and Imagining the City / Andrés Martínez de la Riva Diaz Diaz, Andrés Martínez de la Riva 211

Cross-Cultural Prototyping / Kofi Boone Boone, Kofi 215

Design/Build Service Learning Studio / Daniel Winterbottom Winterbottom, Daniel 219

Chapter 8 Testing, Testing, Can You Hear Me? Do I Hear You Right? 225

The Spatial Design Game: A Design Game That Teaches and Tests / Henry Sanoff Sanoff, Henry 229

Anticipated Archetypes and Unexpected Idiosyncracies / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 233

Raise Your Own Sea Level / Victoria Chanse Chanse, Victoria 239

Machizukuri: Visualizing Sequential Futures / Naomi Uchida Uchida, Naomi, Shigeru Satoh Satoh, Shigeru 244

Preemptive Comparison / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 249

Participatory Budgeting / Emily Risinger Risinger, Emily, Sara Egan Egan, Sara 256

Chapter 9 Putting Power to Good Use, Delicately and Tenaciously 261

Mapping Environmental Injustice / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 265

Kitchen Table Work Session / Diane Jones Allen Allen, Diane Jones 270

Power Mapping / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 274

Positioning Yourself on the Spectrum of Power and Privilege / Shalini Agrawal Agrawal, Shalini, Shreya Shah Shah, Shreya 283

Build Small, Think Structural Change / Laura J. Lawson Lawson, Laura J. 286

Conflict in Its Time and Place / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 290

Organizing a Place-Based Campaign / Randolph T. Hester Jr. Hester, Randolph T., Jr. 296.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781610918473

1610918479

OCLC:

982091886