End user engagement in refugee shelter design: contextualising participatory process

Jason Hart; Dima Albadra; Natalia Paszkiewicz; Kemi Adeyeye; Alexander Copping

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2022.101107

End user engagement in refugee shelter design: contextualising participatory process

Jason Hart, Dima Albadra, Natalia Paszkiewicz, Kemi Adeyeye, Alexander Copping

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Abstract

Debate about participatory design (PD) has focussed considerably upon process. Factors such as facilitation skills and commitment to a participatory ethos have been highlighted as factors mediating stakeholder engagement. Discussion has been driven overwhelmingly by experience of PD in the global North with citizens who enjoy full rights. This article considers engagement with encamped refugees in the global South. Here context has a significant impact upon engagement. Drawing on a four-year research project concerning shelter design we discuss dimensions of context that bear particularly upon PD efforts. As we illustrate, despite contextual constraint, it is possible to produce valuable knowledge about design together with residents. Moreover, attention to context can help achieve a more nuanced approach to the evaluation of PD initiatives.

Original language	English
Article number	101107
Journal	Design Studies
Volume	80
Early online date	11 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2022.101107
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2022

Keywords

human factors
humanitarianism
interdisciplinarity
participatory design
research methods

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Architecture
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Engineering(all)
Social Sciences(all)
Computer Science Applications
Artificial Intelligence

UN SDGs

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End user engagement in refugee shelter design: contextualising participatory process

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