Designing amidst uncertainty

Author(s)

Suzana Jovicic, Barbara Göbl, Sanderien Verstappen, Fares Kayali

Abstract

The project We:Design delves into the digital inequalities affecting young people in Vienna during their transition from education to employment. It not only investigates the barriers faced by youth in the job market but also collaborates with them to create an accessible and open-source job application mobile app. Employing a mixed-method approach, the project is an equal-footed collaboration between computer science and social and cultural anthropology. This paper explores the notion of ‘drifting’ within participatory research and how seemingly irrelevant data can inform the design process. By examining the We:Design case study, we discuss the importance of embracing interdisciplinary tensions and the unexpected insights that research and design ‘byproducts’ can inspire, thus advocating for a more inclusive, flexible, and open-ended approach to participatory design.

Organisation(s)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Department for Teacher Education

Journal

CoDesign

No. of pages

16

ISSN

1571-0882

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2024.2396945

Publication date

09-2024

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504017 Cultural anthropology

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Architecture , Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/9c3d2d6c-1b6e-48ad-8597-7215e7a20a8c