The memoirs of two survivors: or the evaluation of a computer system for cooperative work
CSCW '88 Proceedings of the 1988 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
Talking through design: requirements and resistance in cooperative prototyping
CHI '94 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Design in groups—and all that jazz
Computers and design in context
Transcending the individual human mind—creating shared understanding through collaborative design
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) - Special issue on human-computer interaction in the new millennium, Part 1
The TAC paradigm: specifying tangible user interfaces
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Expressive interactions - supporting collaboration in urban design
Proceedings of the 2007 international ACM conference on Supporting group work
The ColorTable: a design story
Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction
Spaces for participatory creativity
Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Participatory Design Conference
Building Urban Narratives: Collaborative Site-Seeing and Envisioning in the MR Tent
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
HODI: a technique for visually capturing and preserving design rationale
Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Exploring the dynamics of ownership in community-oriented design projects
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
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This paper uses the example of a participatory design project in support of urban planning to analyse the complexity of design decisions. A set of design decisions is described and discussed, showing who made decisions on what. We discuss big decisions and small decisions, decisions internal to the project and related to the outside world, and decisions that might be called non-decisions. A conceptual framework on power is applied for understanding decision-making, power and conflict in Participatory Design projects. We discuss the concept of power, making distinctions between sources of power (among them expert knowledge, resource allocation, values, and interpretations); as well as between various mechanisms guiding decision-making: power, influence, trust and seeking understanding.