Partizipatives Design

What it is about

You will learn how Participatory Design works and how you plan, implement and critically reflect on participatory design processes. In the end you can carry out small participatory interventions, select appropriate methods and assess their ethical as well as methodological boundaries.

What you will be able to do

• plan and conduct small-scale participatory interventions
• justify and evaluate methodological choices
• work with real problems using various Participatory Design methods
• critically reflect on ethical questions and best practices
• collaborate in interdisciplinary teams

What the module consists of

• Seminar / ÜbungenTheory conveyed through texts and short lectures; discussions and overview of methods
• Praktische InterventionenPlanning and conducting a small participatory intervention in a class setting
• Analyse und DokumentationReflection, evaluation and creation of a written documentation in the style of an empirical work

Teaching method

• Lesen & Kurzvorlesungenacquire foundational theoretical knowledge
• Diskussionencritical engagement with concepts, cases and ethics
• Praktische Übungen / In-Class-Interventionentesting and experiencing methods in application; training of facilitation
• Gastvorträge (wenn passend)insights into applied examples outside of academia