Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics

This paper proposes a new research method, Participatory Action Design Research(PADR), for studies in the Urban Informatics domain. PADR supports UrbanInformatics research in developing new technological means (e.g. using mobile andubiquitous computing) to resolve contemporary issues or support ever...

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Main Authors: Bilandzic, M., Venable, John
Format: Journal Article
Published: Journal of Community Informatics 2011
Online Access:http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/786
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49022
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author Bilandzic, M.
Venable, John
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description This paper proposes a new research method, Participatory Action Design Research(PADR), for studies in the Urban Informatics domain. PADR supports UrbanInformatics research in developing new technological means (e.g. using mobile andubiquitous computing) to resolve contemporary issues or support everyday life in urbanenvironments. The paper discusses the nature, aims and inherent methodologicalneeds of Urban Informatics research, and proposes PADR as a method to addressthese needs. Situated in a socio-technical context, Urban Informatics requires a closedialogue between social and design-oriented fields of research as well as theirmethods. PADR combines Action Research and Design Science Research, both ofwhich are used in Information Systems, another field with a strong socio-technicalemphasis, and further adapts them to the cross-disciplinary needs and research context of Urban Informatics.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-490222018-04-17T06:13:28Z Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics Bilandzic, M. Venable, John This paper proposes a new research method, Participatory Action Design Research(PADR), for studies in the Urban Informatics domain. PADR supports UrbanInformatics research in developing new technological means (e.g. using mobile andubiquitous computing) to resolve contemporary issues or support everyday life in urbanenvironments. The paper discusses the nature, aims and inherent methodologicalneeds of Urban Informatics research, and proposes PADR as a method to addressthese needs. Situated in a socio-technical context, Urban Informatics requires a closedialogue between social and design-oriented fields of research as well as theirmethods. PADR combines Action Research and Design Science Research, both ofwhich are used in Information Systems, another field with a strong socio-technicalemphasis, and further adapts them to the cross-disciplinary needs and research context of Urban Informatics. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49022 http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/786 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Journal of Community Informatics fulltext
spellingShingle Bilandzic, M.
Venable, John
Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics
title Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics
title_full Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics
title_fullStr Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics
title_full_unstemmed Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics
title_short Towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics
title_sort towards participatory action design research: adapting action research and design science research methods for urban informatics
url http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/786
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49022