Identification as Process in Participatory Design

In this workshop we invite participants to discuss and map techniques, approaches and principles to address processes of identification in Participatory Design endeavors. The key objective of the workshop is to present identification as process as a concept to think with, and to explore how different lenses can engage workshop participants in thinking about participatory design endeavors in connection to this concept. As the outcome the workshop participants produce set of principles for identification as process for PD work

The Co-archiving Toolbox : Designing conditions for diversity in public archives

This paper reports the development of a method for increasing the diversity in publicarchives, referred to as the Co-archiving Toolbox and developed in collaboration withthree museums. Museum professionals and refugees were invited to co-designworkshops to explore and prototype alternative ways to document and archiverefugee stories – told in their own voices and through their own perspectives. Besideselaborating on alternative, and more inclusive archiving practices, the project alsoexplored how co-design approaches and prototyping can become a resource in rethinkingthe role of archivists and museum professionals who are interested in coarchivalfacilitation. The co-archiving toolbox currently includes seven co-archivingpractices designed to be applied at temporary refugee housing but could potentiallyalso be used in other contexts. The project may serve as an example of how designinterventions can contribute to developing existing archival practices by encouragingarchivists and museum professionals to assume a collaborative approach

Re-thinking archiving for increased diversity : Insights from a co-design project with museum professionals and refugees

The design research project Co-archiving Refugee Documentation is based on a collaboration with museum professionals and refugees. The overall aim of the project is to explore and develop collaborative (co-)archiving practices involving underrepresented voices in generating materials for the public archives and museum collections. The underlying assumption is that inviting more people to contribute to the public archives would result in a more diverse and representative record of human existence. A co-design process involving museum professionals and refugees resulted in a design concept for increasing the participation in archives referred to as the Co-archiving Toolbox. The toolbox is designed for archivists and museum professionals to use when collecting material in the field. It is meant to be administered by a public institution (a museum or an archive), left in the field for a period of two weeks, and used by the people who are being documented, that is, the ‘subjects’ of the archive. By applying the archiving practices included in the toolbox, they are invited to document their life situations with limited interference from the institution. The focus of this paper is on the outcome of the first field test of the co-archiving toolbox. The insights gained serve as input to the next iteration of the concept. The test was conducted at a leisure centre hosted by a non-governmental organisation that organizes on a voluntary basis activities for unaccompanied refugees under 18 years. Seven teenage boys participated in the field test. It turned out that only a few of them contributed with material to the co-archiving toolbox. According to the museum professional who worked with the toolbox, some of the boys even seemed to avoid the box. Her impression was that the barrier to engage was too high. The boys expressed a sense of dejection and wondered who would be interested in hearing their stories anyway. Some archival material was however generated during field test, mainly written material. Seeing the toolbox in the specific context of the leisure centre brought forward a clearer picture of the use of toolbox as very much a situated practice, where the physical placement and the specifics of the field influence the kind of tools applied and the way they are used. Whatever the boys’ reasons were for not feeling motivated to contribute to the archive, an important lesson to learn is that the toolbox ought to be carefully adopted and adjusted according to the specific context and user group. The final iteration of the Co-archiving Toolbox will be designed as a completely open source co-archiving toolbox, where both the physical box in form of files for replicating the build, all materials and the handbook are made available for download, re-production and replication. The open source kit will be distributed via online maker communities. The results of this research project will thus reach beyond the academic community and be made accessible to professionals who are interested in continuing to innovate and create better conditions for increased participation in and access to our common archives

The Co-archiving Toolbox : Designing conditions for diversity in public archives

This paper reports the development of a method for increasing the diversity in publicarchives, referred to as the Co-archiving Toolbox and developed in collaboration withthree museums. Museum professionals and refugees were invited to co-designworkshops to explore and prototype alternative ways to document and archiverefugee stories – told in their own voices and through their own perspectives. Besideselaborating on alternative, and more inclusive archiving practices, the project alsoexplored how co-design approaches and prototyping can become a resource in rethinkingthe role of archivists and museum professionals who are interested in coarchivalfacilitation. The co-archiving toolbox currently includes seven co-archivingpractices designed to be applied at temporary refugee housing but could potentiallyalso be used in other contexts. The project may serve as an example of how designinterventions can contribute to developing existing archival practices by encouragingarchivists and museum professionals to assume a collaborative approach

The Co-archiving Toolbox : Designing conditions for diversity in public archives

This paper reports the development of a method for increasing the diversity in public archives, referred to as the Co-archiving Toolbox and developed in collaboration with three museums. Museum professionals and refugees were invited to co-design workshops to explore and prototype alternative ways to document and archive refugee stories – told in their own voices and through their own perspectives. Besides elaborating on alternative, and more inclusive archiving practices, the project also explored how co-design approaches and prototyping can become a resource in rethinking the role of archivists and museum professionals who are interested in coarchival facilitation. The co-archiving toolbox currently includes seven co-archiving practices designed to be applied at temporary refugee housing but could potentially also be used in other contexts. The project may serve as an example of how design interventions can contribute to developing existing archival practices by encouraging archivists and museum professionals to assume a collaborative approach

Becoming a co-archivist. ReDoing archival practices for democratising the access to and participation in archives

This paper presents the second phase of the project Co-archiving Flight Documentation, aimed at exploring and prototyping co-archiving practices for involving underrepresented voices in sharing stories of our times from their point of view. The prototypes developed can be iterated and put in use, but may also potentially contribute to challenging the role of the archivist. What parallels can be drawn between the practices of a co-designer and an archivist interested in becoming a co-archivist? Building on outcomes from previous design interventions within the co-archiving research theme, we will run a co-design process involving practitioners and newcomers. Since the design process is not yet completed, we cannot present any concrete prototypes. This paper suggests imaginative ways of ReDoing by applying co-design approaches in other disciplines, and contributes to the discussion of how co-designers can step into other domains and be part of developing practices and approaches in other fields