Conversation 1.1. Conflict as Catalyst: Politicising Participation to Challenge Hierarchies

Discussion of Full Paper 1157 from Full Paper Session 1 and Exploratory Papers (listed below). In this 19th edition of the PDC, Full and Exploratory papers will be organized into Conversations, that is, experimental formats of presentation and discussion of the papers based on triggering questions and authors’ interactions. 

Full Paper 1157: Two-Way Co-Design: Learnings from the Solid Lines project.
Author: St John, Nicola.

Exploratory Papers:

• 1355: Participatory Urban Conflict Mapping.
  Authors: Cipriani, Laura; Rugeles Joya, Willmar Ricardo; Maffei, Stefano.
• 1406: Reframing Participation in ICH in a Decentering and Decolonising Design Perspective.
  Author: Lupo, Eleonora.
• 1524: Designing Dialogues: Dialogical Encounters Between Ancestral and Biomedical Worlds in Colombia.
  Authors: Henríquez Martínez, Angie; Ramirez Del Busto, David; Martínez Logreira, Valentina; Loaiza Niño, Juan Esteban; Villegas Mosquera, Camila; Niño Caceres, Laura.
• 1546: Protecting Protests from Institutional Repression.
  Author: Raheja, Krish.
• 1620: What’s on the (Tension) Radar? An Invitation for Co-Reflecting on the Values at Stake towards Greater Footprints of Impact.
  Authors: Strömqvist, Sofia; Van den Biggelaar, Anne.

The discussion will be guided by the following question prepared by the Chairs: 

• Was there a moment when participation itself became a political act, where the simple fact of being at the table for certain actors, and allowing their participation, meant challenging a hierarchy?