Data objects for Hasselt elections

Victoria Gerrard, Ricardo Sosa

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Abstract

Design-led activism seeks to create a counter-narrative to motivate social, institutional, environmental or economic change. This 'Situated Action' proposes to do design-led activism in the cities of Hasselt and Genk using Data Objects - a new type of physical and functional object whose form and function encodes data to aid decision making. A series of objects which encode data will be designed and deployed in Z33 with the support of city representatives. The intention is to support voter deliberation and decision making in the 2018 regional election.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPDC 2018, Participatory Design, Democracy and Politics
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference
EditorsLiesbeth Huybrechts, Maurizio Teli, Ann Light, Yanki Lee, Carl DiSalvo, Erik Gronvall, Niels Hendriks, Karin Slegers, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Jan Boelen, Chris Csikszentmihályi, Brendon Clark, Mela Zuljevic, Anne Marie Kanstrup, Keld Bodker
Place of PublicationNew York, USA
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages2
Volume2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450355742, 9781450364645
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Sept 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventParticipatory Design Conference 2018 - Hasselt and Genk, Belgium
Duration: 20 Aug 201824 Aug 2018
Conference number: 15th
https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3210586 (Proceedings)

Conference

ConferenceParticipatory Design Conference 2018
Abbreviated titlePDC 2018
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityHasselt and Genk
Period20/08/1824/08/18
Internet address

Keywords

  • Design activism
  • Participatory design
  • Product design

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