the spatiality of co-creation

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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