Dear Mari Mater O'Neill You bring some very important insights to this discussion. I wish I could read Spanish! There is another list that discusses the intersection of Design and Anthropology which is the [log in to unmask] where I have see a few of the members from this list but most are unique to the field of ethnography and anthropology. Some academic and many from industry. I agree that Liz Sanders stands out as one of the tallest thought leaders in this space and her website MakeTools.com is rich with papers worth perusing. With warm regards M P Ranjan from my iPad at home 18 October 2014 at 9.10 pm IST Prof M P Ranjan Independent Academic, Ahmedabad Adjunct Professor (Design), Ahmedabad University Author of blog : http://www.designforindia.com Archive of papers : http://cept.academia.edu/RanjanMP Sent from my iPad > On 18-Oct-2014, at 8:28 pm, María de Mater O'Neill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Jennifer > > We have worked in co-design often, as example, for designing science games > for young people and as well for a communication systems with cancer > patients (http://proyectocpr.wordpress.com). I have literature but is in > Spanish. > > > Answering two of your questions: > > “… what are the best practices of co-design?” > > Empathy, it has helps us be aware of the others context, at the same time, > we are aware is not necessarily ours so we don’t know their experiences. > > > > “..finally are there specific methods utilizing co-design that you all have > utilized and found success in what you were trying to accomplish?” > > We use rapid ethnography (we don’t have much time to design and developed), > follow up by written guides to the designers, so they have a protocol to > use in the activities; and reflective practices, so we check on the process > our ideologies, expectations and motivations. Also we trained the staff to > be comfortable with public errors and wanderings. > > > :-) > > Mari Mater O'Neill > > --------- > Esta dirección de correo-e es privada. Favor de no incluirla en listas > privadas o públicas, como tampoco dársela a otros. > > http://catedrammo.wordpress.com/ > http://marimateroneill.com > http://rubberbandpr.com > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jennifer Smerdel <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> The role of a designer has evolved greatly over the past few decades. We >> are no longer asked to simply create a poster or a web page, but to solve >> complex "wicked" problems employing a human-centered approach. Within this >> landscape, and that of participatory research, the approaches of >> co-creation and co-design have been growing. Elizabeth Sanders and Pieter >> Jan Stappers define co-design as "collective creativity as it is applied >> across the whole span of a design process...the creativity of designers and >> people not trained in design working together in the design development >> process." >> >> As one who is interested in co-design and the application of it, are there >> varying frameworks or components, such as hands-on building and >> collaboration, of co-design written about in scholarly research? Who is >> utilizing co-design and how are they making an impact with it? And what are >> the best practices of co-design? And finally are there specific methods >> utilizing co-design that you all have utilized and found success in what >> you were trying to accomplish? >> >> Any and all comments are welcome as well as links to any scholarly >> research or websites you all think may be helpful in answering these >> questions even further! >> >> >> >> Sanders, Elizabeth B.-N., and Pieter Jan Stappers. “Co-creation and the >> New Landscapes of Design.” CoDesign 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2008): 5–18. >> doi:10.1080/15710880701875068. >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design >> Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------