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Civic Probes: A Method That Embeds Questions of Civic Infrastructure and Participation

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Ian JohnsonORCiD, Dr Vasilis Vlachokyriakos

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Abstract

Many civic technologies within HCI, despite having various ambitions and purposes, fail in similar and predictable ways. In this article, we posit that the fundamental pathologies that have held back or obstructed digital civics studies are inherent in the way participatory and grassroots approaches are adopted by digital civics researchers. Specific aspects of the designer's or researcher's expertise and experience are often put aside in the pursuit of a (participatory/user-centered/co)-design that is diligent in its avoidance of technodeterminism and other forms of top-down-ism to the detriment of applying learning from lived experience.

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Author(s): Johnson IG, Vlachokyriakos V

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Interactions

Year: 2024

Volume: 31

Issue: 2

Pages: 22-27

Print publication date: 01/03/2024

Online publication date: 28/02/2024

Acceptance date: 13/11/2023

Date deposited: 04/03/2024

ISSN (print): 1072-5520

ISSN (electronic): 1558-3449

Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery

URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3643057

DOI: 10.1145/3643057

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