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A field guide for experiential evaluation as a way of designing with experiences and values in neighbourhoods in transformation.
No full textThis dissertation explores the definition of
experiential evaluation as a way of designing
with experiences and values in neighbourhoods
in transformation. Specifically, it looks at how
the situated knowledge of multiple actors can
be included in participatory planning processes,
a decision-making process about everyday life
in these neighbourhoods. Today, everyday life in
transition because we live in challenging times with
crises such as wars, migration, pandemics, and
ecological challenges such as heat waves, floods,
storms, periods of droughts… We are all concerned
about these challenges and spatial planning, as
the practice that is concerned with geo-territorial
issues, plays a leading role in facing socio-ecological
challenges. However, when the government is
dealing with these challenges and is trying to undo
mistakes from the past, this can lead to resistance
and protests. This is because dealing with these
challenges is undoing the privileges that people
have built up.
This research departed from the hypothesis that
in order for the decision-making in participatory
processes on these matters, like densification
and mobility, to have more impact, that they
should depart from everyday practices and make
the ‘cost and benefits’ of alternative scenarios
explicit. Based on the action research conducted
in the Heilig-Hart neighbourhood in Hasselt and
Zwijnaarde in Ghent, the research approach was
defined as ‘experiential evaluation’ because the
participants in the processes were more driven by
their values and their everyday experiences than
rational needs that can be calculated in an analysis.
Nevertheless, I struggled to develop a theoretical
framework that could comprehend this change
in perspective. I was able to define experiential
evaluation only by re-reading the literature and
writing this dissertation.
Space Is Only Noise If You Can See
Song by Nicolas Jaar
This means that this field guide, as the development
of a theoretical framework, and the journal, as
a critical reflection on my work in the field, are part
of the research. Engaging with situated knowledge
is a matter of theory and practice (i.e. my work
in the field was fundamental to developing this
theoretical framework).
Via the re-engagement with the literature during
the writing of this dissertation, I experienced
that the thinking on situated knowledge and care
within participatory planning processes is more
ambiguous than a matter of ‘style’ (i.e. discourse or
situating a dialogue). In my reading, this is a matter
of an actor-based approach versus a value-based
approach. Which approach you adopt depends on
your normative framework as a design researcher.
Therefore, from my perspective as a design
researcher, experiential evaluation is defined as a
value-based approach to situated knowledge and
politics. This position made it possible to define
experiential evaluation as a way of designing with
experiences and values, and a framework to engage
with the field as a design researcher from a valuebased
perspective.
Looking back on my experiences in the
field from this value-based perspective, I want to
conclude that for me, experiential evaluation as a
way of designing with experiences is not a matter of
designing with care but designing with vulnerability
in light communities. For me, designing with
vulnerability comes without a moral judgment
of the rightfulness or wrongfulness of a certain
approach. However, it indicates an awareness
that on multiple occasions, when engaging with
relational values or with rational and constructive
needs, there can be a risky situation and you as
a designer are not always in control because it
depends on everyday politics. In the same way that
you as a designer are also not in control about how
the tools and strategies that you provide are used
and perceived
by the actors within these processes, because
you engage with light communities where the
personal engagement of each person is balanced
with the desire to do something together (Manzini,
2019) or not when they disagree. This approach
on vulnerability departs from the idea of openness
(Cipolla, 2018). It is a way of opening up to risky
situations. From my perspective, it is the role of the
designer to create these risky situations by staging
events that offer a potential for learning to be
affected in new ways, and by doing so, create the
opportunity for more democratic and just decisionmaking
processes.This PhD dissertation contains three booklets: a field guide, a journal and a brochure.
In the field guide, I discuss
experiential evaluation in relation to the current
participatory planning practice from my valuebased
perspective as a design researcher, taking an
ambiguous position within an ambiguous context.
Specifically, I conducted action research from a
value-based perspective to engage with inhabitants
and their situated knowledge within participatory
planning processes initiated by a (local) authority to
include inhabitants as stakeholders based on their
rational needs, which is an actor-based perspective
because it departs from the inhabitants’ tacit
knowledge.
In the journal, I situate experiential evaluation within
participatory design as a way of designing with
vulnerability in light communities. Specifically, I
re-engage with ‘thinking with, dissenting with,
and thinking for’ defined by Puig de la Bellacasa
(2012, 2017) as a way of thinking with care from
the theoretical framework that I developed in
the field guide and my experiences during the
fieldwork.
In the brochure, I situate experiential evaluation within
today’s discussion about the position of the
designer in participatory planning processes.
Specifically, I make general reflection after my re-engagement with the literature in the field guide and looking back at my field work in the journal. Therefore I relate my PhD research to the current movement
of activist designers and planners that questions the
democratic and just nature of participatory planning
processes from a value-based perspective
A field guide for experiential evaluation as a way of designing with experiences and values in neighbourhoods in transformation.
No full textThis dissertation explores the definition of
experiential evaluation as a way of designing
with experiences and values in neighbourhoods
in transformation. Specifically, it looks at how
the situated knowledge of multiple actors can
be included in participatory planning processes,
a decision-making process about everyday life
in these neighbourhoods. Today, everyday life in
transition because we live in challenging times with
crises such as wars, migration, pandemics, and
ecological challenges such as heat waves, floods,
storms, periods of droughts… We are all concerned
about these challenges and spatial planning, as
the practice that is concerned with geo-territorial
issues, plays a leading role in facing socio-ecological
challenges. However, when the government is
dealing with these challenges and is trying to undo
mistakes from the past, this can lead to resistance
and protests. This is because dealing with these
challenges is undoing the privileges that people
have built up.
This research departed from the hypothesis that
in order for the decision-making in participatory
processes on these matters, like densification
and mobility, to have more impact, that they
should depart from everyday practices and make
the ‘cost and benefits’ of alternative scenarios
explicit. Based on the action research conducted
in the Heilig-Hart neighbourhood in Hasselt and
Zwijnaarde in Ghent, the research approach was
defined as ‘experiential evaluation’ because the
participants in the processes were more driven by
their values and their everyday experiences than
rational needs that can be calculated in an analysis.
Nevertheless, I struggled to develop a theoretical
framework that could comprehend this change
in perspective. I was able to define experiential
evaluation only by re-reading the literature and
writing this dissertation.
Space Is Only Noise If You Can See
Song by Nicolas Jaar
This means that this field guide, as the development
of a theoretical framework, and the journal, as
a critical reflection on my work in the field, are part
of the research. Engaging with situated knowledge
is a matter of theory and practice (i.e. my work
in the field was fundamental to developing this
theoretical framework).
Via the re-engagement with the literature during
the writing of this dissertation, I experienced
that the thinking on situated knowledge and care
within participatory planning processes is more
ambiguous than a matter of ‘style’ (i.e. discourse or
situating a dialogue). In my reading, this is a matter
of an actor-based approach versus a value-based
approach. Which approach you adopt depends on
your normative framework as a design researcher.
Therefore, from my perspective as a design
researcher, experiential evaluation is defined as a
value-based approach to situated knowledge and
politics. This position made it possible to define
experiential evaluation as a way of designing with
experiences and values, and a framework to engage
with the field as a design researcher from a valuebased
perspective.
Looking back on my experiences in the
field from this value-based perspective, I want to
conclude that for me, experiential evaluation as a
way of designing with experiences is not a matter of
designing with care but designing with vulnerability
in light communities. For me, designing with
vulnerability comes without a moral judgment
of the rightfulness or wrongfulness of a certain
approach. However, it indicates an awareness
that on multiple occasions, when engaging with
relational values or with rational and constructive
needs, there can be a risky situation and you as
a designer are not always in control because it
depends on everyday politics. In the same way that
you as a designer are also not in control about how
the tools and strategies that you provide are used
and perceived
by the actors within these processes, because
you engage with light communities where the
personal engagement of each person is balanced
with the desire to do something together (Manzini,
2019) or not when they disagree. This approach
on vulnerability departs from the idea of openness
(Cipolla, 2018). It is a way of opening up to risky
situations. From my perspective, it is the role of the
designer to create these risky situations by staging
events that offer a potential for learning to be
affected in new ways, and by doing so, create the
opportunity for more democratic and just decisionmaking
processes.This PhD dissertation contains three booklets: a field guide, a journal and a brochure.
In the field guide, I discuss
experiential evaluation in relation to the current
participatory planning practice from my valuebased
perspective as a design researcher, taking an
ambiguous position within an ambiguous context.
Specifically, I conducted action research from a
value-based perspective to engage with inhabitants
and their situated knowledge within participatory
planning processes initiated by a (local) authority to
include inhabitants as stakeholders based on their
rational needs, which is an actor-based perspective
because it departs from the inhabitants’ tacit
knowledge.
In the journal, I situate experiential evaluation within
participatory design as a way of designing with
vulnerability in light communities. Specifically, I
re-engage with ‘thinking with, dissenting with,
and thinking for’ defined by Puig de la Bellacasa
(2012, 2017) as a way of thinking with care from
the theoretical framework that I developed in
the field guide and my experiences during the
fieldwork.
In the brochure, I situate experiential evaluation within
today’s discussion about the position of the
designer in participatory planning processes.
Specifically, I make general reflection after my re-engagement with the literature in the field guide and looking back at my field work in the journal. Therefore I relate my PhD research to the current movement
of activist designers and planners that questions the
democratic and just nature of participatory planning
processes from a value-based perspective
Experiential evaluation as a way to talk about livability in a neighborhood in transformation
No full textIn order to preserve the open space in a suburbanized region as Flanders (Belgium), densification is one of the ways to go. But den-sification means that the existing living environment transforms and has an influence on the livability. This can lead to resistance by the inhabitants: they want to keep the idea of livability in their neighborhood. In the case of the Heilig-Hart neighborhood, we use the method of experiential evaluation to open up the debate on livability in a transformative neighborhood. Hereby, we bring aspects of formal evaluation and joint fact-finding in a participa-tory action research. At the end of the paper we discuss the first observations of the enrolment of this method so far: the definition of values, its experiential quality via a test setup and its resulting tradeoffs, its enhancement of communication between city policy and inhabitants by providing a common language and the skills that have been made visible and are developed throughout the process. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Interaction design
Wijkstructuurschets Zwijnaarde, Pleispark en Schilderswijk
No full textDe transitie die plaatsvindt in verschillende 20ste eeuwse
Gentse wijken is een opportuniteit om op een aantal
stedelijke uitdagingen een antwoord te kunnen bieden.
Wanneer de dynamiek in die wijken zich echter op een
ongecontroleerde manier manifesteert, kan dit even zeer
erg nefast zijn voor de ruimtelijke kwaliteit en bovenal een
gemiste kans voor de stad in haar geheel. Een proactieve
aanpak is daarom cruciaal.
Zeker in Zwijnaarde is door de te verwachten dynamiek
(een aantal grotere projecten in combinatie met verschillende
andere ontwikkelingen) nood aan een duidelijk kader
dat richting geeft voor de toekomst.
Door de opmaak van een wijkstructuurschets kunnen we
samen met de bewoners en actoren nadenken over de
toekomst van de wijk en een richting uitzetten. De wijkstructuurschets
biedt zo houvast bij afwegingen voor toekomstige
initiatieven en/of acties. De wijkstructuurschets
maakt het immers mogelijk afwegingen te kaderen binnen
een bredere strategie.
Dit syntheserapport focust op het eindresultaat van een
participatief proces. In de leeswijzer op de volgende pagina
wordt toegelicht hoe dit rapport te gebruiken en welke
linken er zijn met andere documenten.
Visie-elementen en principes die werden goedgekeurd
door het college zijn overzichtelijk op grijze pagina's samengebracht.
Overige informatie tracht te inspireren en te
verbeelden en werd enkel ter kennisgeving aan het college
voorgelegd
Wijkstructuurschets Zwijnaarde, Pleispark en Schilderswijk
No full textDe transitie die plaatsvindt in verschillende 20ste eeuwse
Gentse wijken is een opportuniteit om op een aantal
stedelijke uitdagingen een antwoord te kunnen bieden.
Wanneer de dynamiek in die wijken zich echter op een
ongecontroleerde manier manifesteert, kan dit even zeer
erg nefast zijn voor de ruimtelijke kwaliteit en bovenal een
gemiste kans voor de stad in haar geheel. Een proactieve
aanpak is daarom cruciaal.
Zeker in Zwijnaarde is door de te verwachten dynamiek
(een aantal grotere projecten in combinatie met verschillende
andere ontwikkelingen) nood aan een duidelijk kader
dat richting geeft voor de toekomst.
Door de opmaak van een wijkstructuurschets kunnen we
samen met de bewoners en actoren nadenken over de
toekomst van de wijk en een richting uitzetten. De wijkstructuurschets
biedt zo houvast bij afwegingen voor toekomstige
initiatieven en/of acties. De wijkstructuurschets
maakt het immers mogelijk afwegingen te kaderen binnen
een bredere strategie.
Dit syntheserapport focust op het eindresultaat van een
participatief proces. In de leeswijzer op de volgende pagina
wordt toegelicht hoe dit rapport te gebruiken en welke
linken er zijn met andere documenten.
Visie-elementen en principes die werden goedgekeurd
door het college zijn overzichtelijk op grijze pagina's samengebracht.
Overige informatie tracht te inspireren en te
verbeelden en werd enkel ter kennisgeving aan het college
voorgelegd
A matter of scales: Experiential evaluation as a scaling device to support a scaling platform in a case of urban design
No full textSpatial densification is an ongoing process in most cities today, but has an uneasy relation with the liveability of our environments. In this article, we approach this uneasy relationship between densification and liveability as a 'matter of scales' and work consciously with the tensions which arise, such as a lack of communication and mistrust. We analyse a case of urban design and discuss how the participatory design approach of 'experiential evaluation' as a 'scaling device' was deployed to support the formation of a 'scaling platform' around this matter of scale. This scaling platform has the ambition to connect the multiple actors across multiple scales to make the tensions between scales constructive. In the discussion, we present the learnings of the design process and the challenges that we encountered
Experiential Evaluation to Create Risky Situations and Address Tensions in a Participatory Planning Process
Get PDFPlanning processes often cause tensions between institutions and citizens because the local knowledge and values of the citizens are not included in the decision-making process, which can cause mistrust. This article builds on an ongoing PhD research that explores the potential of experiential evaluation as an alternative and experimental approach to "hybrid forums": an approach to open the participatory planning process for diverse actors and values. In order to render tensions visible and constructive in the participatory planning process, experiential evaluation creates "risky situations" in these hybrid forums. To discuss this approach of experiential evaluation, we use a methodological and analytical framework based on the four steps of strategic navigation techniques: tracing, mapping, diagramming, and agencying. We use these techniques to analyse two risky situations that were created through experiential evaluation within the participatory planning process of the neighbourhood spatial plan (NSP) of Zwijnaarde (Ghent, Belgium). Based on the analysis of the case, we observed that experiential evaluation was able to render tensions visible, but did not yet make them constructive. However, as a framework for a dialogue between institutions and citizens, the NSP leaves room to continue the experiential evaluation process that was initiated and to take further care of tensions on a smaller scale
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