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Designing Smart for Sustainable and Resilient Communities: The Role of Participatory Design in Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Year: 2022

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This workshop reflects on the role of participatory design and its community of facilitators and participants in addressing sustainable development in cities, regional centres and rural communities. The workshop will bring together academics, researchers and practitioners to share their experiences, expertise and visions for: (1) evolving participatory design approaches to move beyond the individual; (2) reinvigorating a stronger relationship between communities and institutions across different scales in order to re-politicise participatory design practices, projects and methods; and (3) making a concerted effort of contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are specifically interested in ways of ‘designing smart’ by engaging and working with communities to address complex challenges, such as social inequality, economic disparity and environmental degradation to build more sustainable, resilient and socially ‘just’ communities.

Source: Education and New Developments 2022 – Volume I

DOI: 10.1145/3537797.3537839

Authors: Joel Fredericks, Marcus Foth, Hilary Davis, Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Callum Parker, Martin Tomitsch

Institutions: The University of Sydney, Queensland University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities, Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4291656912