Taking [A]part by John Mccarthy

Taking [A]part by John Mccarthy

A critical inquiry into the value and experience of participation in design research.

In Taking A part, John McCarthy and Peter Wright consider a series of boundary-pushing research projects in human-computer interaction (HCI) in which the design of digital technology is used to inquire into participative experience. McCarthy and Wright view all of these projects-which range from the public and performative to the private and interpersonal-through the critical lens of participation. Taking participation, in all its variety, as the generative and critical concept allows them to examine the projects as a part of a coherent, responsive movement, allied with other emerging movements in DIY culture and participatory art. Their investigation leads them to rethink such traditional HCI categories as designer and user, maker and developer, researcher and participant, characterizing these relationships instead as mutually responsive and dialogical.

McCarthy and Wright explore four genres of participation-understanding the other, building relationships, belonging in community, and participating in publics-and they examine participatory projects that exemplify each genre. These include the Humanaquarium, a participatory musical performance; the Personhood project, in which a researcher and a couple explored the experience of living with dementia; the Prayer Companion project, which developed a technology to inform the prayer life of cloistered nuns; and the development of social media to support participatory publics in settings that range from reality game show fans to on-line deliberative democracies.

Peter Wright made his debut as a dancer with Ballets Jooss during World War II. He created his first ballet, A Blue Rose, for Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet in 1957. Wright's productions of the classics now feature in the repertories of companies around the world. In 1969 he joined The Royal Ballet as Associate to the Directors, later Associate Director. In 1990 Wright was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award by the Royal Academy of Dance. In 1991 he was made a Fellow of the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music and received an Honorary Doctorate from London University. He was awarded a Knighthood (1993), an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Birmingham (1994), the De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (2004) and the Centenary Award for Dance (2013). He is President of the Benesh Institute, a Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Dance and Patron of the London Ballet Circle.

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ISBN 13	9780262552592
ISBN 10	0262552590
Title	Taking [A]part
Author	John Mccarthy
Series	Design Thinking Design Theory
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2024-07-02
Number of pages	208
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