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Designing With, For, and Without Communities

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Torn Many Ways

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In this chapter, I present three case studies which I explored within the context of Lebanon, as a part of my doctoral research journey, revolving around social innovation within spaces of contestation. These case studies entail participatory research engagements within three distinct spaces: (1) an international humanitarian and development organisation, (2) two local organisations in Lebanon and (3) the social movement of 2019 in Lebanon. Drawing upon the analysis of these case studies, I propose a potential design framework examining four dimensions: power, co-creation of value, enactment of agency, and sustainable pathways of collective agency and action. Additionally, I discuss how within such spaces of contestation, a researcher has to constantly shift roles in order to navigate inherent complexities while being truthful to their own research and its embedded values.

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    Sarah Armouch

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  2. Department of Information Systems, University of Siegen, Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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  3. Department of Information Systems, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

    David Randall

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Armouch, S. (2023). Designing With, For, and Without Communities. In: Krüger, M., De Castro Leal, D., Randall, D., Tolmie, P. (eds) Torn Many Ways. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31642-5_12

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