Bezhentsy i vynuzhdennye pereselentsy v Azerbaydzhane : politicheskiy kontekst

В контексте конфликтного дискурса фактор наличия в стране беженцев и вынужденных переселенцев становится важнейшим политическим ресурсом. Власть и оппозиция активно используют этот фактор в политической борьбе и для укрепления собственных позиций. При этом беженцев и вынужденных переселенцев как некой сколько-нибудь гомогенной группы вне политического дискурса не существует. За 20 лет беженская среда сильно дифференцировалась. Полноценное решение вопросов, связанных с данной категорией лиц, и их деполитизация возможны только в ситуации, когда Нагорно-Карабахский конфликт утратит свою актуальность.Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM-East) is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European UnionRussian version of CARIM-East 2013/11

Foregrounding Learning in Infrastructuring : to Change Worldviews and Practices in the Public Sector

Mutual learning and infrastructuring are two core concepts in Participatory Design (PD), but the relation between them has yet to be explored. In this article, we foreground learning in infrastructuring processes aimed at change in the public sector. Star and Ruhleder’s (1996) framework for first, second, and third level issues is applied as a fruitful way to stage and analyze learning in such processes. The argument is developed through the insights that arose from a 4-year-long infrastructuring process about future library practices. Framed as Co-Labs this process was organized by researchers and officers from the local regional office. This led to adjusted roles for both PD researchers and civil servants working with materials at the operational and strategic levels. The case shows how learning led to profound changes in the regional public sector in the form of less bureaucratic and more participatory experimental and learning-focused worldviews and practices.Urb@ExpSocial Innovation Skån

Community-Based Technology Co-Design: Insights on Participation, and the Value of the “Co”

Evidence and analysis of Community-Based Participatory Design (PD) and Co-Design programs are not abundant. Filling this gap allows for better understanding of (1) the value programs offer from a quantitative standpoint, and (2) how to formalize participation within PD. In this paper, we present evidence from a series of International Development Design Summits (IDDS), a PD-oriented program focused on low-cost technology co-design and co-production, in collaboration with local communities. The purpose is to provide opportunities for learning and practicing community-based PD in an intercultural setting. We examine data from five summits in Colombia between 2015-2018.We discuss the value of this approach across multiple groups, and how it can be understood as a measure of participation. We present evidence of participant benefits, including an exploratory analysis of self-perception using sentiment analysis. Finally, we discuss the challenges and potential directions for this work. This paper contributes to further understand the value of participation (the “co”) in the context of community-based PD

Generating Directions for Persuasive Technology Design with the Inspiration Card Workshop

Abstract. Participatory design methods may help account for the ethical implications of persuasive technology. But how can participatory design methods both address ethical issues and lead to effective persuasive technologies? This paper presents the early stages of participatory design with a college EcoHouse. I discuss concepts resulting from an Inspiration Card Workshop [1], finally considering further development of participatory methods for designing persuasive technology