From Making Things Public to the Design of Creative Democracy : Dewey's Democratic Vision and Participatory Design
- Submitting institution
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University of Ulster
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 77440799
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1080/15710882.2018.1555260
- Title of journal
- CoDesign
- Article number
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- First page
- 97
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1571-0882
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://ulster.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/REF2021/EW9DMJGZ_E9JlbwyKFkdJy8B6H7jkJUrrXPqsKp_DGympA?e=vyCITv
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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C - Creative Industries Institute
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- Yes
- Additional information
- This article reports a series of theoretical insights relating to the area of participatory design practice. The research was grounded in two systematic literature surveys. The first explored key theoretical concepts underpinning methodological discussion in the area of participatory design (PD) practice. The second survey focused on the later and middle works of the classical pragmatist philosopher John Dewey, as well as scholarly commentary on these works. Attempting to address a gap identified between two works of literature, this article seeks to contextualise Dewey’s democratic vision, i.e., his proposals relating to democratic reform, within contemporary PD discourse. Here, the ways in which Dewey links freedom, experientialism and the institutions of government are explored. Then, linking to contemporary developments in PD and beyond, it is argued that Dewey’s vision carries a series of conceptual and practical implications for PD, which, if borne out, would connect practice to the processes of policy formation and institutional reform. The rigour of the work is demonstrated in the broad-based referencing of Dewey’s works and PD literature drawn from across both Europe and North America. The article’s originality comes from its mapping of PD’s positioning of Dewey’s publics concept over time, as well as its statements in relation to potential future directions for PD practice. It is significant in that it greatly extends the applicability of Deweyan pragmatism within the field of PD both theoretical and practical. Janet McDonnell, the editor of CoDesign, noted in her acceptance of the manuscript that the anonymous referees were pre-eminent contributors in the field.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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