@inproceedings{c5dab843a73d47959b67555f4f6996aa,
title = "{"}We want to hear your voice{"}: Power relations in participatory design",
abstract = "Pioneered in Scandinavia in the 1970s, participatory design (PD) has been recognized as an empowering, sensitive and inclusive approach. Thus it has been applied in a wide variety of fields, from architecture to teaching to game design. One of the goals of PD is to challenge the power imbalance, with the aim of reducing the power differential between researchers and participants. This paper borrows from Foucault's ideas that power is relations of force as a theoretical guideline, to explore how power is exercised at the individual level in the case of a game design project. Recommendations are provided to help researchers overcome such issues in facilitating PD projects.",
keywords = "Empowerment, Foucault, Game design, Participatory design, Power relations",
author = "Yanru Guo and Hoe-Lian, {Dion Goh}",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1109/ITNG.2014.9",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781479931873",
series = "ITNG 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "561--566",
booktitle = "ITNG 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Technology",
address = "United States",
note = "11th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, ITNG 2014 ; Conference date: 07-04-2014 Through 09-04-2014",
}