Participatory modelling is increasing steadily in importance because of opportunities to obtain new; kinds of information, perspectives on validation and implementation of social learning. The concept of participation is spreading towards modelling processes. It uses a wide range of approaches, however, differing notably in relation to timing and involvement of stakeholders in the design proces...

This article describes a non-traditional approach to Participatory Design where distributed users have a serious impact on a software development process. The small software provider makes use of a nontraditional way of Participatory Design combined with an agile development approach. By using for among other things support service, user meetings, courses and news letter they are able to on a d...

Based on a study of a three-day workshop between users and developers, we show how artifacts like computer prototypes can be used to trigger productive discussions. We demonstrate how clashes between contextualized artifacts and the practitioners' (users) conceptions and experiences of their work practices trigger new understandings of current practice as well as possible futures. In this way, ...

A key challenge in evaluating comprehensive community health initiatives is documenting the unfolding of the intervention, that is, the multiple changes in the environment that can leadto widespread behavior change and improvement in population-level outcomes. Using principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), partners can documentchanges in the community and system (for example...

Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the impact participatory technologies have had on education and the information environment in which students operate. It seeks to define a pedagogical approach that will capitalize on the benefits of participatory technologies in the classroom and applies this " pedagogy 2.0 " to information li...

Why are most capitalist enterprises of all sizes organized as authoritarian bureaucracies rather than incorporating genuine employee participation that would give the workers real authority? Even firms with employee participation programs leave virtually all decision-making power in the hands of management. The standard answer is that hierarchy is more economically efficient than any sort of ge...

a rural environment is reflect of the historical practices over the time, mutually feedback of human settle, activities nature and include aesthetic quality, environmental function, local knowledge, tradition and customs. but rapid growth of consuming economy and emphases only on functional character without linkage to different environmental socio-cultural and economic condition led to model o...