Institutioning: Participatory Design, Co-Design and the public realm

• Liesbeth Huybrechts ^[1] ; Henric Benesch ^[3] ; Jon Geib ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Hasselt

     University of Hasselt

     Arrondissement Hasselt, Bélgica

     
  2. [2] Chalmers University of Technology

     Chalmers University of Technology

     Suecia

     
  3. [3] University of Gothenburg

     University of Gothenburg

     Suecia

     

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• Localización: CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts, ISSN 1571-0882, Vol. 13, Nº. 3, 2017, págs. 148-159
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this introductory article to the special issue ‘Co-Design and the public realm’, we discuss a common interest in how meso- and macro-political institutional contexts frame and are informed by Participatory Design (PD) and Co-Design processes. We argue that a unilateral focus within PD and Co-Design on the micro-political scale of fieldwork obscures interactivity with institutional framing processes, undermining their potential as sites of critique and political change. Our argument is drawn from a study of literature on the role of institutions in relation to PD and the public realm and our experience as participants in an EU-funded research project. The case study descriptions unpack how various institutional frames inform PD processes and how, conversely, PD processes inform various institutional frames: metacultural frames, institutional action frames and policy frames. To highlight the move to engaging with and creating new institutions, we introduce the notion of institutioning.