The spatiality of co-creationBITE: A case study
Alison Williams
Derek Jones
Judy Robertson
SPIRES: Supporting People who Investigate
Research Environments Spaces
(EPSRC)
3 major research networks (SPIRES, SerenA and PATINA: EPSRC funded); Case studies from Berlin, Portugal, Tokyo, Kyoto, San Mateo, San Diego, Atlanta, New Jersey, London, Vancouver, Seattle, Sydney, Scotland; PG students to senior lecturers to Emeritus Professor; Practitioners and researchers from over
30 different disciplines; 37 international authors; 3 editors
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Idea vs reality
Design a WHAT (noun) that allows WHO to WHAT (verb) in effective places for research
Design a Recipe book that allows researchers and decision makers to
design, co-create, hack and survive in effective places for research.
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Large (scalable!), diverse co-creation groups work with different power
hierarchies
Engaging in the “messy space between people and things”(Koskinen et al, 2011) is not only possible, it becomes the default starting
point
The conceptual metaphor enables (or is) a shared space of creative action &collaboration
PROCESS SPACE
SOCIAL SPACE
VIRTUAL SPACE
PHYSICAL SPACE
AFFECTIVE SPACE
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