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The participatory design spectrum: design for, with, and by

In: Handbook of Innovation & Appropriate Technologies for International Development

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  • Kendra Leith
  • Sher Vogel
  • Khanjan Mehta

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Participatory design is a family of design approaches that actively involves people who face real-world challenges in the process of developing real-world solutions. This chapter focuses on three distinct approaches to participatory design that are practiced by MIT D-Lab and Lehigh's Global, Lehigh Valley, and Campus Social Impact Fellowship programs. Differentiated by when and how the user is engaged, those approaches are: user-centered design, co-design, and user-generated design. This chapter introduces each type of participatory design by providing practice-oriented illustrations from recent projects being implemented with diverse global collaborators. It also identifies key questions that arise during participatory design processes in low-income settings and suggests how to address those questions.

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  • Kendra Leith & Sher Vogel & Khanjan Mehta, 2022. "The participatory design spectrum: design for, with, and by," Chapters, in: Philippe Régnier & Daniel Frey & Samuel Pierre & Koshy Varghese & Pascal Wild (ed.), Handbook of Innovation & Appropriate Technologies for International Development, chapter 9, pages 125-139, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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