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Beyond Tokenistic Approaches: How Can Engaging With Vulnerable Groups Shape The Policy Process?, Silvia Pau, Natalia Villaman
Beyond Tokenistic Approaches: How Can Engaging With Vulnerable Groups Shape The Policy Process?, Silvia Pau, Natalia Villaman
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper delves into questions related to the participation of vulnerable groups in policymaking, providing a snapshot of common trends and themes in this area. During a DRS 2022 Conversation session, titled ‘Beyond tokenistic approaches: how can engaging with vulnerable groups shape the policy-making process?’, participants were encouraged to engage with the above-mentioned questions by making use of a toolkit including prompts, thinking hats, and insight sheets where they captured their main insights. Key findings highlight the need for similar forums for safe and open discussions, as well as the lack of agreement around language use, calling for a shared …
Designing Inside And Alongside The System: Working With Residents Of Ferguson, Missouri On Police Reform, Alix Gerber
Designing Inside And Alongside The System: Working With Residents Of Ferguson, Missouri On Police Reform, Alix Gerber
DRS Biennial Conference Series
After uprisings exposed the racial bias of policing in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice committed the city to a process of court-ordered reform. This paper outlines a creative exploration of two design approaches to impacting policymaking and legal reform in this context: a Participant Designer approach that sought to include more people’s lived experience and perspectives in policymaking, and a Speculative approach that worked to reframe the discussion from a problem about policing to an opportunity to imagine new forms of public safety. These approaches explored ways of working inside and alongside the legal system, on …
Designing Neighbourhoods, Fernando Bajo, Ezequiel Collantes
Designing Neighbourhoods, Fernando Bajo, Ezequiel Collantes
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The chairs' editorial introduction to the theme track 'Designing Neighbourhoods'.
Backcasting As A Design Device To Support Grassroots System Change: Insights From A Case Study On Future Energy Pathways In Rural Kenya, Fiona Lambe, Anne Nyambane, Stefan Holmlid
Backcasting As A Design Device To Support Grassroots System Change: Insights From A Case Study On Future Energy Pathways In Rural Kenya, Fiona Lambe, Anne Nyambane, Stefan Holmlid
DRS Biennial Conference Series
The interlinked global crises of poverty, inequality and climate change call for transformative solutions. Transformative change requires local agency and long-term planning, but this is not easily accommodated in development programmes, which often rely on short-term thinking and top-down technological solutions. Design methods have proved useful for facilitating co-development of technological solutions with marginalised communities. This case study explores whether—and, if so, how—participatory design can support grassroots transformational change by facilitating community engagement around the challenge of energy access. We used backcasting to facilitate the co-design of a 10-year transition roadmap to electric cooking with 30 members of a rural …
Play Probe: An Approach That Reveals Emergent Identity Building In Youth, Line Gad Christiansen, Sune Klok Gudiksen
Play Probe: An Approach That Reveals Emergent Identity Building In Youth, Line Gad Christiansen, Sune Klok Gudiksen
DRS Biennial Conference Series
This paper explores the gradual use and development of play probes as an approach to gain insights about young people and identity development. Recent studies, which are part of a larger research project, have suggested that play probes can be useful for professionals attempting to gain insights about young people. The approach can also provide participants with an enjoyable experience. The aim of this study was to identify the most important principles to consider when designing a play probe and which types of play triggers are most effective at producing insights about young people. An analysis of play probes revealed …