Abstract
In an increasingly uncertain future context, participatory speculative design be-come a future probe for exploring complex socio-technical issues and a diverse world. Compared to speculative design, the focus of participatory speculative de-sign shifts from artifacts to process, empowering the public through multi-stakeholder participation. Building upon future prototypes and scenarios, partic-ipants and designers co-create potential pluralistic futures, and democratize im-agination. This paper, based on a literature review of recent research in this field, outlines three practical pathways of participatory speculative design, which are characterized as "technical speculation," "social speculation," and "integrated speculation," along with seven participatory methods that can be used in the de-sign process. Finally, the study proposed a framework for participatory specula-tive design flow, delineating four phases to guide the practice of participatory speculative design.
Keywords
participatory design; speculative design; pluralistic future
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1316
Citation
Ye, Y., and Zhang, D. (2024) Co-creating pluralistic futures: A systematic literature review on participatory speculative design, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1316
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Co-creating pluralistic futures: A systematic literature review on participatory speculative design
In an increasingly uncertain future context, participatory speculative design be-come a future probe for exploring complex socio-technical issues and a diverse world. Compared to speculative design, the focus of participatory speculative de-sign shifts from artifacts to process, empowering the public through multi-stakeholder participation. Building upon future prototypes and scenarios, partic-ipants and designers co-create potential pluralistic futures, and democratize im-agination. This paper, based on a literature review of recent research in this field, outlines three practical pathways of participatory speculative design, which are characterized as "technical speculation," "social speculation," and "integrated speculation," along with seven participatory methods that can be used in the de-sign process. Finally, the study proposed a framework for participatory specula-tive design flow, delineating four phases to guide the practice of participatory speculative design.