TY - GEN
T1 - Communication choices to engage participation of rural Indonesian craftspeople in development projects
AU - Zulaikha, Ellya
AU - Brereton, Margot
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In participatory design projects, maintaining effective communication between facilitator and participant is essential. This paper describes the consideration given to the choice of communication modes to engage participation of rural Indonesian craftspeople over the course of a significant 3 year project that aims to grow their self-determination, design and business skill. We demonstrate the variety and subtlety of oral and written forms of communication used by the facilitator during the project. The culture, the communication skill and the influence of tacit knowledge affect the effectiveness of some modes of communication over the others, as well as the available infrastructure. Considerations are specific to the case of rural Indonesian craftspeople, but general lessons can be drawn.
AB - In participatory design projects, maintaining effective communication between facilitator and participant is essential. This paper describes the consideration given to the choice of communication modes to engage participation of rural Indonesian craftspeople over the course of a significant 3 year project that aims to grow their self-determination, design and business skill. We demonstrate the variety and subtlety of oral and written forms of communication used by the facilitator during the project. The culture, the communication skill and the influence of tacit knowledge affect the effectiveness of some modes of communication over the others, as well as the available infrastructure. Considerations are specific to the case of rural Indonesian craftspeople, but general lessons can be drawn.
KW - Communication Mode
KW - Participatory Design
KW - Participatory Development
KW - Rural Craftspeople
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883292656&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-40483-2_55
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-40483-2_55
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883292656
SN - 9783642404825
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 780
EP - 787
BT - Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2013 - 14th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings
T2 - 14th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2013
Y2 - 2 September 2013 through 6 September 2013
ER -