The human touch: Participatory practice and the role of facilitation in designing with communities

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-70

  Light, Ann ^a   Akama, Yoko ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community; disaster mitigation; emotion; facilitation; method; participation; power; practice; process

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DISASTER MITIGATION; EMOTION; FACILITATION; METHOD; PARTICIPATION; POWER; PRACTICE; PROCESS;

RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

EID: 84865648958     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2347635.2347645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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