Dear Jennifer
On "design facilitation in participatory research", as I did, you'll learn
a lot following Bruno Latour in his return to the etymological concept of
the term "thing" in nordic languages. His "Reassembling the Social"
inspired me the metaphor of a designer (ought to be) acting like a Judge
presiding over an Assembly ("ding") of all (both humans and material and
immaterial non-humans) concerned, 'facilitating' all these to 'research'
and resolve issues of their common concern, whatever this may be at a
specific time.
This view tells us clearly who the "designer" ought to be as an
'institutionalized' professional, and what therefore would it be required
of her/him in society ("ding").
Hope this is helpful in your search, best wishes!
Francois
Kigali, Rwanda
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