Exploring critical design and making with children
14 December 2022, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
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Join this event to hear Netta Livari discuss research addressing the problem of bullying in collaboration with children through critical design and making.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Kate Gilchrist
Critical design and making have received increasing interest within design research and human computer interaction research communities during recent years, while there is a lot of variety within them.
In this talk, Netta will elaborate on this variety as well as offer insights on how the research carried out critical design and making with children in practice.
The experiences are derived from a research project in which we have addressed the problem of bullying in collaboration with children through critical design and making. The research explored approaches such as design fiction, design activism and theatre of the oppressed in collaboration with children in the design process. Insights on the process and outcomes are provided.
This event will be particularly useful for researchers, students and teachers.
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About the Speaker
Professor Netta Livari
Professor in Information Systems at University of Oulu
Her long lasting research interest concerns understanding and strengthening people's participation in shaping and making their digital futures. Her research has focused on empowering children through design and making. Recently, she has been exploring the potential of critical design and making in collaboration with children. Her research is strongly influenced by interpretive and critical research traditions. She has a specific interest in the development and utilisation of culture and discourse-oriented lenses as well as in the examination and support of transdisciplinary research and design.