M. Harbers

This contribution presents how a value-sensitive participatory design approach was used with the aim to design meaningful applications for inhabitants in a city. In two bachelor courses, design students were challenged to account for a diversity of human values in urban interaction design by following a participatory approach to engage inhabitants in specific urban areas. These two case studies are described and their results are discussed to improve the approach of value-sensitive participatory design in urban interaction design.

This contribution presents how a value-sensitive participatory design approach was used with the aim to design meaningful applications for inhabitants in a city. In two bachelor courses, design students were challenged to account for a diversity of human values in urban interaction design by following a participatory approach to engage inhabitants in specific urban areas. These two case studies are described and their results are discussed to improve the approach of value-sensitive participatory design in urban interaction design.

This paper explores the opportunities of using Value Sensitive Design for creating smart cities. Smart cities are larger in scale than the technologies to which Value Sensitive Design has been applied so far. The large size of the endeavor introduces new challenges for Values Sensitive Design. This paper discusses the following five challenges: complexity and emergent phenomena, collaboration between multiple parties, involvement of citizens, diversity of values, and the role of the designer. For each challenge, directions for solutions are suggested.