Conversation 3.1. Democracy and Participation

Discussion of Full Papers from Full Paper Session 3 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 Papers:

• 1146: Mediating Digital Security: Participatory Learning with Older Adults in Smartphone Café Sessions.
  Authors: Ghadamighalandari, Parvin; Seif, Roodabeh; Grinko, Margarita; Aal, Konstantin; Mirzaeekharghani, Mahya; Mohamad, Bilal; Müller, Claudia; Wulf, Volker.
• 1185: Knowledge Infrastructuring in the Large-Scale: Sparring Partners and Reflective Spaces in Participatory Design.
  Authors: Weiler, Tim; Osterheider, Angela; Paluch, Richard; Dunkel, Kyra Malinda; Huldtgren, Alina; Boscher, Claudia; Fischer, Florian; Gaertner, Wanda; Focken, Mareike; Großkopp, Sabrina; Klapperich, Holger, Endter, Cordula; Meyer, Sibylle; Müller, Claudia.
• 1188: Advisory Today, Co-decisive Tomorrow? Complementing the Participation Ladder in Smart City Innovation with Institutional Learning Perspectives.
  Authors: de Kreek, Mike; Kars, Alfrink; Steenkamp, Tessa; de Waal, Martijn.
• 1199: Enacting Utopias: A Participatory Design Approach to AI.
  Authors: Dindler, Christian; Iversen, Ole Sejer; Bossen, Claus; Kaspersen, Magnus Høholt; Dalsgaard, Peter.

Exploratory Papers:

• 1437: The Ladder of Data Citizen Participation in Evaluating News Recommender Systems.
  Authors: Horn, Viktoria; Lackner, Konstantin; Uhlmann, Markus; Draude, Claude.
• 1450: Opportunities for Participatory Design in Shaping Australia’s Data Centre Futures.
  Author: Cumbo, Bronwyn.
• 1451: Seeing, Thinking, Sharing, Sensing Small Data. A Participatory Framework to Connect Citizens’ Experiences with Urban Governance.
  Authors: Autuori, Antonella; Terenghi, Ginevra; Mioni, Alice; Draisci, Luca; Profeta, Giovanni; Botta, Massimo.
• 1499: Raising the Next Gen-AI-Ration: Participatory Approaches to the Development of AI Ethics Literacy Education for Children in Europe.
  Authors: Collyer-Hoar, Gail; Rubegni, Elisa.

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

• Q1: How does your work contribute to democratic resilience?​
• Q2: What challenges did you face in enabling meaningful public engagement, and what role did technology play in creating or shaping those challenges?​
• Q3: How did participatory design help you address these challenges, and what role do you see for it in shaping future democratic processes?