IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/tbitxx/v43y2024i13p3153-3169.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Conducting online participatory design from the United States with children in South Korea with a focus on cultural awareness

Author

Listed:
  • Kung Jin Lee
  • Sungmin Na
  • Hsuan-Chun Wang
  • Hayley Park
  • Minhyung Jo
  • Yeonhee Cho
  • Youjin Jung
  • Geonhui Park
  • Jin Ha Lee
  • Jason Yip

Abstract

Participatory Design (PD) is a commonly used method in Western cultures with roots in Scandinavia. After the COVID-19 pandemic, many PD practitioners have transitioned to an online space, where researchers and participants from different geographical locations can co-design together. Yet, we do not fully understand how different cultures collide, mix and blend in the online co-design space. By understanding how one’s culture influences the participation of a child, researchers can better structure sessions to elicit diverse input. This study examines a case study of researchers and participants from South Korea and the United States co-designing together. Close analysis of video recordings, analytic memos, and parent/child interview data demonstrates the ways in which children participated in design sessions. Facilitators paid special attention to various cultural sensitivities. Applying the theory of cultural awareness from public health literature, we offer implications on how scholars who are not fully embedded in the culture where co-design happens can understand other cultural norms and in response, create spaces in which co-design can occur successfully despite different cultural norms. Our findings show how different parts of the ecological systems from ideology, education systems, and ethnicity all influence children’s participation in sessions.

Suggested Citation

  • Kung Jin Lee & Sungmin Na & Hsuan-Chun Wang & Hayley Park & Minhyung Jo & Yeonhee Cho & Youjin Jung & Geonhui Park & Jin Ha Lee & Jason Yip, 2024. "Conducting online participatory design from the United States with children in South Korea with a focus on cultural awareness," Behaviour and Information Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(13), pages 3153-3169, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:tbitxx:v:43:y:2024:i:13:p:3153-3169
    DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2023.2272194
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/0144929X.2023.2272194
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/0144929X.2023.2272194?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:tbitxx:v:43:y:2024:i:13:p:3153-3169. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/tbit .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.