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This dialogue, related to me by a student, constitutes an instance of participation, although not a particularly satisfying one. In the context of design problems, there are in fact many opportunities for participation, ranging from public hearings to meetings with governing boards, both public and private. Sad to say, such participatory sessions are characteristically of limited value and, at times, even counterproductive.
A group of us landscape architects were to work with a small community on a playground project. So we went to them and said, “What do you want?” and they said, “Well, what have you got?” So we went hack and worked up some drawings of what we thought they should do. When we showed them the drawings, they said, “Oh, no, that’s not it at all.” So we said, “Well, what do you want?” and they said, “Well, what have you got?”
The work reported here was supported, in part, by the Institute for Environmental Quality, University of Michigan.
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Kaplan, S. (1977). Participation in the Design Process: A Cognitive Approach. In: Stokols, D. (eds) Perspectives on Environment and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2277-1_10
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