Towards Participatory Design Facilitation as Reflective Practice

Facilitators of participatory design activities have a large impact on the form of participation and the output of such activities. Yet, the facilitator role and role-related practices have not yet been thoroughly problematized in human-computer interaction and participatory design literature. With the goal of exploring different perspectives on the facilitator role and ways to support reflective facilitation practice, we propose a workshop intended to strengthen the community of researchers and practitioners interested in participatory design facilitation as a methodological challenge. In particular, the workshop seeks to explore ways by which a reflective facilitation practice can be supported.