[ecrea] Workshop: Participatory Design with Persons Living with Cognitive or Sensory Impairments @ CHI2014

Workshop: Participatory Design with Persons Living with Cognitive or 
Sensory Impairments @ CHI2014


Are you interested in participatory design and do you work with users 
with impairments? We organize a workshop on participatory design for 
persons with cognitive or sensory impairments at CHI2014 in Toronto, 
Canada. This workshop will be held on April 26 or 27.

Workshop website: http://pdwithimpairmentschi2014.wordpress.com/

Workshop on participatory design for users living with cognitive or 
sensory impairments

Involving people with impairments in the design process is very 
challenging, especially when impairments affect cognitive or sensory 
functions. People with such impairments may have substantial problems 
with thought processes and communication, including understanding 
abstractions, sequencing thoughts and actions, understanding symbols, 
and interpreting social cues. Many participatory design techniques are 
based on these processes and are therefore not usable, or need to be 
adjusted for people with impairments.

Workshop aims

This workshop aims to:
1) bring together people who are active in the topic of the workshop to 
exchange ideas and experiences regarding participatory design techniques 
that were designed for, or adapted to people with impairments.
2) identify general guidelines for doing participatory design with 
people living with cognitive or sensory impairments.

Workshop setup

The workshop will start from the results of two workshops held at the 
Participatory Design Conference 2012 and INTERACT 2013 as well as from 
the experiences of the workshop's participants. Based on this, we will 
identify general guidelines for doing participatory design with people 
living with cognitive or sensory impairments. As such, much of the time 
schedule is reserved for formulating concrete guidelines that will help 
researchers and designers to streamline their activities and 
‘standardize’ methodological practices.

This full-day workshop has a creative, generative character. It will 
refrain from using a standard workshop setup of presentations and 
discussions. Sharing best practices, brainstorms and formulating 
guidelines in interactive group sessions will be at the core of all 
activities.

Who should attend?

Researchers and designers working on (a) design-oriented project(s) 
involving people with cognitive or sensory impairments are invited to 
participate. Especially those who have adjusted existing participatory 
design techniques to such users are encouraged to apply.

Application

People can apply by filling in one or more workshop cards (available 
from the workshop’s website), describing their target group and a 
technique they used. In addition, applicants write a one-pager about 
their expectations of the workshop. At least one author of each accepted 
submission must attend the workshop. All participants must register for 
the workshop and for at least one day of the conference.

Important dates

• January 17: application deadline
• February 10: notification of acceptance
• April 26 or 27: workshop date

Further information & contact

Please visit our workshop website for the workshop's programme and to 
apply for the workshop.. For more information and questions, please 
contact Karin Slegers: (karin.slegers /at/ soc.kuleuven.be)

We hope to see you in Toronto in April!

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Pieter Duysburgh
Researcher
iMinds - Digital Society
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Offices: Pleinlaan 9, 2nd floor
B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

Tel: +32 2 629 16 46
Fax: +32 2 629 17 00
Mobile: +32 486 79 42 04
http://www.smit.vub.ac.be

http://vizualize.me/PieterDuysburgh#



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