scholarly journals Co‐Design and the Collective Creativity Processes in Care Systems and Places

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 130-142
Author(s):  
Cristian Campagnaro ◽  
Nicolò Di Prima ◽  
Sara Ceraolo
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Collective Creativity ◽  
Care Systems

This article examines the topic of participatory design processes (co‐design, co‐creativity, co‐creation, and co‐production) as tools to promote models of inclusion that benefit people experiencing marginality, and as means to solicit the public dimension of the spaces in which they live and where they have access to their health and welfare services. The topic is addressed through four case studies drawn from the experience of participatory action research aiming at social inclusion and cohesion through an approach based on design anthropology. Following Jones and VanPatter’s (2009) four design domains (DD), the projects discussed in this article are the following: participatory design of devices for people with multiple sclerosis (DD 1.0); participatory renovation of shelters for homeless people (DD 2.0); design and craft led lab aiming at social inclusion (DD 3.0); and innovation of public services for a city homeless population (DD 4.0). All these projects are driven by stakeholders’ demands for a transformation that improves the quality of users’ lives, the quality of caring services, and that they modify, temporarily or permanently, the venues where they take place. In order to support and facilitate this “desire for change,” the projects are based on wide participation and collaboration between many different stakeholders in every phase of their design processes. Methods, tools, and results will be analysed from the points of view of both users (beneficiaries and social operators/caregivers) and designers. Furthermore, the interaction between spaces, co‐design processes, and attendees will be investigated to determine how they contribute to turning those venues into citizenship environments, permeated with greater care and attention.

scholarly journals Menuju Kampung Bersinar dengan Pelatihan Kreasi Tanaman Hias bagi Ibu-Ibu PKK di Kelurahan Gadang Kota Malang

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Ernaning Setiyowati ◽  
Nunik Junara ◽  
Prima Kurniawaty
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Knowledge

Malang City has an annual program of activities for villages namely Kampung Bersinar (Clean, Healthy, Beautiful, Beautiful and Neat). One of the areas that have greening problems is RW 04, Gadang, Malang City on the banks of the Brantas river. Lack of greening in this area causes this area to be prone to landslides because the area is very contoured. That's why the focus of community service is to educate the public in the field of greening to improve the quality of the environment in the area. The method used is Participatory Action Research (PAR) which involves community action in its activities. The activity carried out was to train the creation of ornamental plants in the form of spheres growing to PKK women in RW 04, Gadang, Malang. The results of this activity are PKK mothers who have new knowledge by making ornamental plant creations that can be applied in the area so that it will improve the quality of the green environment in the area..

scholarly journals Homeless in Scotland: An Oral Health and Psychosocial Needs Assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Beaton ◽  
Emma Coles ◽  
Ruth Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Convenience Sample

The aim of this research was to conduct an oral health and psychosocial needs assessment of a homeless population in Scotland to determine the levels of unmet need and provide recommendations for oral health improvement. A non-probability convenience sample of homeless people residing in seven Scottish Health Boards was collected. All consenting participants were asked to complete a questionnaire assessing their health and psychosocial needs, dental anxiety, and oral health-related quality of life. The participants’ oral health was examined by a trained and calibrated dentist and dental nurse. Eight hundred and fifty-three homeless people consented to take part. Participants had a mean D3cvMFT score of 16.9 (95% CI: 16.3, 17.6). Dental anxiety was high, with 20% scoring as dentally phobic. Respondents with higher dental anxiety were found to have significantly greater mean numbers of filled teeth than those with lower dental anxiety (t = −2.9, p < 0.05). Common oral health impacts were painful aching and discomfort while eating, experienced occasionally by 31% and 27% of the respondents, respectively. Fifty-eight percent of participants were found to have a depressive illness, and obvious decay experience was significantly higher among this section of participants (t = −4.3, p < 0.05). Homeless people in Scotland were found to be in need of a more accessible dental service than is currently available. An enhanced service should meet the oral health and psychosocial needs of this population to improve their oral health and quality of life.

scholarly journals An Engagement: Towards Participatory Design in Aotearoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rosie Evans
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Public Places ◽  
The Public ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Participatory Processes

<p><b>This research proposes that if executed sensitively, inclusive participatory design may empower and connect people, improve the quality of the built environment, and contribute to societal sustainability.</b></p> <p>However, in Aotearoa New Zealand parts of the field of participatory design remain underdeveloped. New ways of designing are needed, that are genuinely inclusive of the public, and rooted in partnership with Māori. This thesis integrates existing knowledge, original input from indigenous and public architecture professionals, and insights gained from design explorations. It aims to unpack some of the key dynamics in participatory processes in Aotearoa New Zealand. These insights are then used to propose elements of an integrated framework, alongside seven actions toward decolonising participatory design, that could help shape future design thinking and contribute to societal sustainability. The findings demonstrate the potential to empower communities through genuinely inclusive participation, and the production of distinctive, meaningful public places.</p>

scholarly journals An Engagement: Towards Participatory Design in Aotearoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rosie Evans
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Public Places ◽  
The Public ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Participatory Processes

<p><b>This research proposes that if executed sensitively, inclusive participatory design may empower and connect people, improve the quality of the built environment, and contribute to societal sustainability.</b></p> <p>However, in Aotearoa New Zealand parts of the field of participatory design remain underdeveloped. New ways of designing are needed, that are genuinely inclusive of the public, and rooted in partnership with Māori. This thesis integrates existing knowledge, original input from indigenous and public architecture professionals, and insights gained from design explorations. It aims to unpack some of the key dynamics in participatory processes in Aotearoa New Zealand. These insights are then used to propose elements of an integrated framework, alongside seven actions toward decolonising participatory design, that could help shape future design thinking and contribute to societal sustainability. The findings demonstrate the potential to empower communities through genuinely inclusive participation, and the production of distinctive, meaningful public places.</p>

scholarly journals The Contemporary Common: Reinvigorating the Public Realm through Enhancing Topophilic Relationships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Carey
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
The Public ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
Definition Of

Urban neighbourhoods are experiencing an increase in density, placing greater importance on a vibrant and invigorated public realm. By focusing on enhancing place-based relationships, the quality of public spaces can be rejuvenated, improving social relations while creating an enhanced sense of community. The contemporary common is a multi-faceted public space that functions as a unifying platform for social inclusion, collective culture, and civic inculcation. This is accomplished through the use of topophilic design, a place-based design methodology that focuses on the creation of interventions that facilitate the definition of place. These ideas are tested through the establishment of a community hub within St. James town. The common has the potential to revitalize the public realm, attempting to enable culturally-rich spaces. Creating this identity for Toronto's public parks can improve civic formation, ultimately establishing neighbourhoods resilient to the current carceral archipelago of Toronto's urban green spaces.

OPEN SOURCE IN URBAN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE: EXPERIENCES AND GUIDELINES FROM TRADITIONAL CULTURES, PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Santiago M. Pardo-García
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Recent Computer ◽  
Professional Model

Open Source (OS) philosophy can cause important effects both in the design processes and in the professional role of designers. It started as a computer science phenomenon and has rapidly spread to other fields, such as architecture and urban planning. However, there are few studies reflecting about its impact, and there are not guidelines for managing its possible consequences. This article offers some insights considering three main sources: (1) current OS experiences in architecture and urban planning, (2) past traditional and participatory design strategies, and (3) works in computer science about OS. These three topics are conceptually linked using as an index some OS attributes expressed in the OS initiative definition. With that background, guidelines are finally proposed. The article demonstrates that current OS initiatives in architecture and urbanism have many similarities with past design processes and recent computer science experiences. Both subjects can be used as precedents in order to adequately incorporate and adapt OS thinking, a revolution that, depending on the managing skills, could improve the quality of the design and the designer's profession, or provoke a crisis in the current professional model.

A Research of the Senior Cognition on the Co-Housing Building Type

2017 ◽  
Vol 865 ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Ying Tsai ◽  
Cheng Huang Ou
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Environment ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Quality Of Living ◽  
Survey Results

Many successful projects of co-housing have extensively influenced people’s quality of living worldwide. This study thus discusses the perception of the elderly regarding co-housing from with particular focus on their behavior pattern and their relationship with the community environment. To this end, a questionnaire survey was conducted for the elderly living in the Taipei Metro Area. A total of 111 valid responses of a specially designed questionnaire were collected and the survey results were analyzed. The results indicated that the most significant factor is housing type, and that in co-housing, the public facilities most demanded by the respondents are public flower gardens, playgrounds, and group dining space. The Recommendation of this study were as follows: (1) Communicating with and supporting people outside one’s own family and with no blood relationship in diverse ways. (2) In public facilities for residents to dine together and share experiences and skills with each other, thereby fostering extensive interpersonal networks. (3) Recommended to use environmental education and participatory design to achieve substantial benefits and results. (4) Subject to minimal requirements of private space, public facilities that serve the public interest should take the larger proportion.

scholarly journals Public spaces as a factor of the quality of the urban environment (on the example of the city of Irkutsk)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Нина Полякова
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
City Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The City

The article describes the relevance of the study of public spaces as an important element of the quality of the urban environment. Successfully functioning public spaces are called upon to solve a number of urban problems, including the social isolation of citizens caused by urbanization processes. The characteristic of public spaces of a particular city is based on an assessment of a set of attributes and related criteria developed by placemaking specialists. It is proved that this complex should reflect not only the general requirements for public spaces, but also the features of the city: the diversity of the socio-ethnic structure of the population, cultural and historical heritage, and the specificity of the existing urban environment. The characteristics of the four most visited public spaces of the provincial Siberian city of Irkutsk are fulfilled: the Kirov square; historical and memorial complex "Jerusalem Mountain "; Municipal Park "Yunost Island"; shopping and entertainment complex "130th quarter". The results showed that the public spaces of the city perform a number of functions with varying degrees of success: best recreational and entertaining, partially creative and the function of storing the “collective memory” of the city. At the same time, the city does not have public spaces that fully meet the objectives of the development of urban society; this applies to both historical and newly created. Their main drawback is the inconsistency with the modern challenge for Irkutsk, namely, the solution to the problem of social inclusion of new citizens. Some measures have been proposed for City management to purposefully strengthen the elements of public spaces that implement the function of involving residents, especially migrants, in the public life of the city.

The Public Psychiatrist and the Patient with Intellectual Disability

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-102
Author(s):  
Emily Morse ◽  
Kelly Vinquist ◽  
Jodi Tate
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Challenging Behaviors ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Systems

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are among the populations most underserved by health care systems. Following shifts toward deinstitutionalization during the past several decades, community-based services have largely assumed care for this population, which tends to experience high rates of medical and psychiatric morbidity. Providers frequently feel inadequately trained in providing care to these patients, and the system as a whole struggles to adequately meet their often complex needs. Nevertheless, working with those with intellectual or developmental disabilities can be highly rewarding for providers. There is great potential to offer a meaningful impact and improve the quality of life for these patients and their families and support systems with careful assessment and intervention. This chapter offers insights to the community psychiatrist working with patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Common obstacles in assessment, diagnosis, and management of mental illness and challenging behaviors in this population are discussed. Case examples exemplifying the complexities of these individuals are included.

THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF HEALTH AND ACCESS

2019 ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Kristīne Vasiļevska
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Healthy Person ◽  
The Public ◽  
A Value ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

The availability of medical care is the application of health care and the ability to realize it through the use of technology and qualified healthcare providers. The principle of availability is essentially a matter for the person to be fully involved in all aspects of life as an integral part of the public emergency mechanism. Today, health is not only a value but also a resource that contributes to the economic growth of the state, the city, the region. A healthy person can work more productively, he more easily adapts to changes and can work longer. Good health increases quality of life, strengthens families, promotes safety, reduces poverty and social inclusion.

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