Thanks for the comment and reflection, especially about how organizations embrace participatory design, but not the power-sharing that comes with it. A related issue is the disconnect (and perhaps delusion) between design and implementation. It's one thing to make something together, but if there's no accountability for putting what we create into practice in some way, we end up with participation theatre rather than real change.
Thanks for the comment and reflection, especially about how organizations embrace participatory design, but not the power-sharing that comes with it. A related issue is the disconnect (and perhaps delusion) between design and implementation. It's one thing to make something together, but if there's no accountability for putting what we create into practice in some way, we end up with participation theatre rather than real change.