Walking and Talking: Place-Based Data Collection and Mapping for Participatory Design with Communities

Sebastian Prost; Vasilis Ntouros; Gavin Wood; Henry Collingham; Nick Taylor; Clara Crivellaro; Jon Rogers; John Vines

doi:10.1145/3563657.3596054

Walking and Talking: Place-Based Data Collection and Mapping for Participatory Design with Communities

Sebastian Prost, Vasilis Ntouros, Gavin Wood, Henry Collingham, Nick Taylor, Clara Crivellaro, Jon Rogers, John Vines

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Abstract

This paper explores the value of a participant-led walking method, during which matters of place in urban or rural contexts are explored. While walking, a diverse dataset is collected, including audio recordings, photographs, GPS tracks, as well as three words that participants are prompted for at each stop along the walk via a bespoke web application. We used this approach in an urban community in the UK and a rural community in Greece as part of ongoing place-based initiatives. Our findings show how participants connected personal and emotional stories with structural issues, countered official, ‘authorised’ discourses about both places, and how maps and videos created after the walks acted as boundary objects. We reflect on the claims of walking as a method that fosters equitable researcher-participant relationships, outline future design directions for participatory walking and mapping technologies, and consider the value of walking methods and map-making for participatory design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS '23
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Editors	Daragh Byrne, Nikolas Martelaro, Andy Boucher, David Chatting, Sarah Fdili Alaoui, Sarah Fox, Iohanna Nicenboim, Cayley MacArthur
Place of Publication	New York, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	2437–2452
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450398930
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596054
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2023
Event	ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2023: Rebuilding & Resilience - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States Duration: 10 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023 https://dis.acm.org/2023/

Conference

Conference	ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2023
Abbreviated title	ACM DIS2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	10/07/23 → 14/07/23
Internet address	https://dis.acm.org/2023/

Keywords

Walking Interviews
Walk-Along
Mobile App
Counter Mapping
Participatory Design

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Prost, S., Ntouros, V., Wood, G., Collingham, H., Taylor, N., Crivellaro, C., Rogers, J., & Vines, J. (2023). Walking and Talking: Place-Based Data Collection and Mapping for Participatory Design with Communities. In D. Byrne, N. Martelaro, A. Boucher, D. Chatting, S. F. Alaoui, S. Fox, I. Nicenboim, & C. MacArthur (Eds.), DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 2437–2452). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596054

Prost, Sebastian ; Ntouros, Vasilis ; Wood, Gavin et al. / Walking and Talking : Place-Based Data Collection and Mapping for Participatory Design with Communities. DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. editor / Daragh Byrne ; Nikolas Martelaro ; Andy Boucher ; David Chatting ; Sarah Fdili Alaoui ; Sarah Fox ; Iohanna Nicenboim ; Cayley MacArthur. New York, USA : ACM, 2023. pp. 2437–2452

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