Conversation 1.3. Prefiguring Futures: Situated Agency as Participation in Conflict Transformation

Discussion of Full Paper 1244 from Full Paper Session 1 and Exploratory Papers (see list 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 1244: Participants on Participation.
Authors: Geppert, Amanda; Teli, Maurizio.

Exploratory Papers:

• 1300: Hope by Design: The Paradox of Trauma-Informed Co-Design in Carceral Space.
  Authors: Dally, Carrie; Mohammed, Hassnaa.
• 1505: From Researcher-led to Community-led: Role shifts in a Participatory Process within a Japanese Aging Community.
  Authors: Zhao, Jianrui; Sato, Chihiro.
• 1553: When Art Speaks: Participatory Exhibitions as Platforms for Collective Messaging in and beyond Indonesia.
  Authors: Pramudito, Adwitiyo; Herdimansyah, Alyssa Helena; Rahmat, Muhammad Fajrur; Tristandy, Karina; Sato, Chihiro.
• 1571: Participation through Designing Relations with People, Materials, and Place.
  Authors: Hamid, Azeem; Nimkulrat, Nithikul; Kuusk, Kristi.
• 1624: Hopscotch: Playful Participatory Action Research.
  Author: Hamid, Azeem.

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

• Prefiguration means that the process itself must embody the change you are working towards. In what aspects did your process live up to that, and in what aspects did it fall short?