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    What is participatory design in Turkey?
    (Association for Computing Machinery, 2022) Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Media and Visual Arts; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; Yantaç, Asım Evren; Coşkun, Aykut; Bakırlıoğlu, Yekta; Ramirez Galleguillos, María Laura; Çay, Damla; Gürbüzsel, İpek; Bensason, Ivon; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Researcher; PhD Student; PhD Student; Master Student; Other; Department of Media and Visual Arts; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; Koç Üniversitesi KARMA Gerçeklik Teknolojileri Eğitim, Uygulama ve Yayma Merkezi (KARMA) / Koç University KARMA Mixed Reality Technologies Training, Implementation and Dissemination Centre (KARMA); College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 0; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 0; 52621; 165306; 164439; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A
    PDC places Turkey will run with a focus on local issues of participation, aiming to build and strengthen the Participatory Design ecosystem in Turkey. In line with the PDC 2022 central theme of embracing cosmologies in Participatory Design (PD), this aim will be realized by two kinds of activities. First, Skills Workshops are sessions where the general public and marginalized communities (e.g., migrants, women) will be introduced to PD through making together. Second, we will host a full day of project presentations and a panel discussion about PD, discussing current PD projects within Turkey and future directions and visions. The ultimate goal of these activities is to understand how PD is practiced in Turkey and identify the challenges we face around participation while building a community around it. This publication presents the activities conducted in the frame of PDC places in Turkey between August and September 2022.
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    Design strategies to promote intercultural meaningful social interactions
    (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Department of Media and Visual Arts; N/A; N/A; N/A; Coşkun, Aykut; Ramirez Galleguillos, María Laura; Serdar, Büşra; Eloiriachi, Aya; Faculty Member; PhD Student; Master Student; Master Student; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 165306; N/A; N/A; N/A
    Intercultural interactions encourage social inclusion and diversity, but they are often avoided due to prejudices. Intercultural Meaningful Social Interactions (IMSI) can overcome such prejudices; still, the literature lacks guidelines on how to promote them by Design. In this study, we propose eight design strategies to facilitate these interactions, which were originated by bridging four theories for prejudice reduction and exemplar IMSI experiences of 15 intercultural participants. This paper presents the strategies and discusses their use to inspire new design concepts for promoting IMSI. © The Author(s), 2022.
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    “Tell Me Your Story, I’ll Tell You What Makes It Meaningful’’: characterization of meaningful social interactions between intercultural strangers and design considerations for promoting them
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021) N/A; Department of Sociology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Ramirez Galleguillos, María Laura; Eloiriachi, Aya; Serdar, Büşra; Coşkun, Aykut; PhD Student; Undergraduate Student; Master Student; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A; N/A; 165306
    Positive meaningful interactions are encounters that promote positive attitudes and learning about others, which are needed to develop healthy social fabrics and cultural diversity. However, individuals tend to interact more with people like themselves often avoiding encounters with others that seem to be different, for example, with intercultural strangers. Though previous HCI work has been concerned with exploring meaningful experiences with products and technologies as a way of promoting product attachment, the field lacks studies exploring how design could facilitate intercultural MSI. Designing interventions to support intercultural MSI requires i) understanding what characteristics make these interactions meaningful and ii) how these characteristics can be addressed through design. In this study, we contribute to the literature by producing knowledge on these aspects. Based on an analysis of 56 real-life stories about intercultural MSI and an idea generation session with designers, we characterize intercultural MSI with four dimensions (outcomes, feelings, context, and elements) and we identify four design considerations to be taken into account when designing interventions to support intercultural MSI. Hence, our contribution is to formulate this knowledge while highlighting how the characteristics and perceptions of intercultural MSI can be applied to design new technologies that promote this kind of interaction. © 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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    Beneath walls and naked souls: factors influencing intercultural meaningful social interactions in public places of Istanbul
    (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022) N/A; Department of Sociology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Ramirez Galleguillos, María Laura; Eloiriachi, Aya; Coşkun, Aykut; Faculty Member; Department of Sociology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; KU Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries (KUAR) / KU Arçelik Yaratıcı Endüstriler Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (KUAR); Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A; 165306
    Individuals often avoid intercultural interactions due to biases and stereotyped perceptions about others. However, these encounters are needed to promote social inclusion and diversity. Previous PD studies have supported migrants' social inclusion through developing their social capital and empowerment. Very few studies explored the facilitation of intercultural interactions within everyday contexts, like public places; further, most studies provide western perspectives. Addressing this gap, we conducted a focus group study with migrants and locals living in Istanbul, a city connecting eastern and western cultures, to explore how they perceive intercultural meaningful social interactions (IMSI). We asked participants to share poems about meaningful interactions, opening a dialogue about their intercultural life experiences. This technique allowed us to identify abstract qualities of IMSI and factors that influence them. We contribute to PD work on social inclusion by presenting in-between perspectives of IMSI and discussing opportunities for facilitating IMSI in a super-diverse city.
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    Imagining emerging technologies for promoting intercultural meaningful social interactions: a participatory futures approach
    (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022) Serdar, Büşra; N/A; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Sociology; Ramirez Galleguillos, María Laura; Eloiriachi, Aya; Coşkun, Aykut; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Sociology; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A; 165306
    Intercultural Meaningful Social Interactions (IMSI) are positive and impactful interactions held between intercultural strangers. Previously, studies have explored these interactions characterizing them, identifying factors that influence them, and tactics and strategies to promote them. Still, what kind of technologies could encourage IMSI is underexplored. Hence, we took a participatory futures approach to understand participants' imaginaries and perceptions of potential technologies to promote IMSI. We conducted participatory futures workshops with locals and migrants living in Istanbul, an exemplary multicultural city between the east and west, who envisioned and discussed 15 concepts of emerging technologies that would enable IMSI in Istanbul of 2050. By analyzing this work, our contribution is first to present six visions of alternative futures of IMSI and, second, to introduce the tools and implications of the methodology followed to enable participants' futures thinking of IMSI in an intercultural context.
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    Dreaming of immersive interactions to navigate forced distributed collaboration during Covid-19
    (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020) Department of Media and Visual Arts; N/A; Bakırlıoğlu, Yekta; Coşkun, Aykut; Ramirez Galleguillos, María Laura; Researcher; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 164439; 165306; N/A
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    How do i matter? a review of the participatory design practice with less privileged participants
    (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020) Ramirez Galleguillos, María Laura; Coşkun, Aykut; Faculty Member; KU Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries (KUAR) / KU Arçelik Yaratıcı Endüstriler Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (KUAR); N/A; 165306
    In participatory design, different methods are applied to build individuals' participation and engagement in design processes. Nonetheless, some less privileged participants can face more barriers to participation than others, e.g., being unable to exercise their voice. The literature lacks a unified source that guides PD researchers and practitioners in devising and implementing projects with groups facing more barriers to participation. This paper addresses this gap and advances the field in two ways. First, by presenting an assessment of the current state of the art through a review of 46 participatory projects that involved less privileged participants, it identifies the diversity of participants involved in these projects, and the methods and the stage of their involvement. It also frames three conceptualizations of PD and presents common challenges researchers and participants faced during these projects. Second, based on this analysis, it presents areas for further development and discusses the implications for PD.