Constructing Knowledge Art : An Experiential Perspective on Crafting Participatory Representations / by Al Selvin, Simon Buckingham Shum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selvin, Albert M., Author.

Buckingham Shum, Simon., Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics, 1946-7699

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Human-computer interaction.

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Local Subjects:

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Summary:

This book is about how people (we refer to them as practitioners) can help guide participants in creating representations of issues or ideas, such as collaborative diagrams, especially in the context of Participatory Design (PD). At its best, such representations can reach a very high level of expressiveness and usefulness, an ideal we refer to as Knowledge Art. Achieving that level requires effective engagement, often aided by facilitators or other practitioners. Most PD research focuses on tools and methods, or on participant experience. The next source of advantage is to better illuminate the role of practitioners-the people working with participants, tools, and methods in service of a project’s larger goals. Just like participants, practitioners experience challenges, interactions, and setbacks, and come up with creative ways to address them while maintaining their stance of service to participants and stakeholders. Our research interest is in understanding what moves and choices practitioners make that either help or hinder participants’ engagement with representations. We present a theoretical framework that looks at these choices from the experiential perspectives of narrative, aesthetics, ethics, sensemaking and improvisation and apply it to five diverse case studies of actual practice. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments / Introduction / Participatory Design and Representational Practice / Dimensions of Knowledge Art / Case Studies / Discussion and Conclusions / Appendix: Knowledge Art Analytics / Bibliography / Author Biographies.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Participatory Design and Representational Practice

Dimensions of Knowledge Art

Case Studies

Discussion and Conclusions

Appendix: Knowledge Art Analytics

Bibliography

Author Biographies.

ISBN:

9783031022050

303102205X