Hello Matthew,
Just last week I lectured at the University of Washington on
community participation methods at the College of Architecture &
Planning. Although my field is architecture and psychology, I have
written about participation for the past 3 decades. You might find my
most recent book interesting, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION METHODS IN
DESIGN AND PLANNING, published by Wiley & Sons.
Incidentally, there is a new journal called CoDesign published in the
UK. It is also about participation and geared towards the Information
Technology people.
My best,
Henry
>Hello:
>
>Just thought I would introduce myself, and maybe encourage others to
>do the same. I'm currently a graduate student in the Department of
>Geography at The University of Washington in Seattle, finishing up
>my master's degree. I'm currently working on the Participatory GIS
>for Transportation project (http://www.pgist.org), focusing on
>methods of structured participation and broadly researching the
>topic of 'public participation' in the field of public participation
>GIS (PPGIS).
>
>In my thesis (a two-paper option), I've analyzed the formulation of
>a discourse about 'community' in the edited collection, Community
>Participation and GIS (Craig, Weiner, and Harris 2002), and, in the
>second section, attempted to unpack and compare methods of
>participation including nominal group, delphi, technology of
>participation, citizen panel/jury, and open space technology.
>
>I'm looking forward to any interests broadly in a critical
>interrogation of 'participation' focusing on the various ways we
>make assumptions about participation in both research and practice.
>
>Matthew W. Wilson
>
>On May 6, 2005, at 6:34 AM, Rachel Pain wrote:
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>>Hi to everyone who's joined the list. This email is intended to
>>provoke some discussion - Paul Chatterton, Paul Routledge, Mike
>>Kesby, Duncan Fuller and I are list managers but are not intending
>>to moderate it (except in the case of extreme saboteuring).
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>>We set this list up partly linked to the RGS-IBG working group, and
>>partly because this is a rapidly growing area which doesn't seem to
>>have much in the way of networks or support in geography (at least
>>in the UK). We have 54 subscribed to this list already which is
>>good going.
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>>So, this is an invitation to post - introduce yourself and any
>>projects you have going, let us know about events, activism,
>>publications, etc, ask for information, circulate questions,
>>dilemmas and burning intellectual issues, suggest what else the
>>list could helpfully do.
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>>It would be good to hear whats happening around the world - how
>>participatory geographers network (inside/outside the
>>discipline/the academy?), what activities are organised, what books
>>are helpful, what contextual/political issues are there, like how
>>you're supported or not in your institutions, how you work with
>>communities and policy makers.
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>>Plus - a burning issue over here right now - how do you negotiate
>>ethics codes, forms and committees when you're committed to more
>>participatory research? Are there any codes which people have found
>>helpful?
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>>For info, these are the aims of the RGS working group, any thoughts
>>appreciated:
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>>1. to increase understanding and the deployment of
>>participatory principles throughout all aspects of higher education
>>academic geography (and its professional institutions);
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>>2. to stimulate and develop critical debate about
>>participatory approaches;
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>>3. to encourage learning and dialogue about participatory
>>geographies amongst geographers in developing and developed world
>>contexts;
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>>4. to encourage the development of collaborative links
>>within and beyond the academy in participatory ways;
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>>5. to widen participation in higher education geography,
>>with a particular focus on strengthening the links to school and
>>college geographies (and geographers);
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>>6. to widen the range of what are considered to be
>>legitimate geographical knowledges;
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>>7. to provide a coherent link both to research groups in
>>other disciplines focusing on participatory geographies and to
>>other RGS-IBG research groups; and
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>>8. to ensure that high quality participatory geographical
>>research is firmly linked to debates around public policy, through
>>both effective dissemination and meaningful collaboration with
>>policy makers, the voluntary sector, activist and interest groups,
>>and other vehicles for social action.
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>>
>>Dr Rachel Pain
>>
>>Department of Geography
>>
>>University of Durham
>>
>>Science Site
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>>Durham DH1 3LE
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>>England
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>>+44 (0)191 3341876
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>>[log in to unmask]
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>>http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/
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>The University of Washington
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