Unearth Hidden Assets through Community Co-design and Co-production

通过社区共同设计和共同制作发掘隐藏资产

• 批准号: AH/K006541/1
• 负责人: Busayawan Lam
• 金额: $ 12.66万
• 依托单位: Brunel University London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FK006541%2F1
• 关键词: Unearth; Hidden; Assets; through; Community

One of the driving forces behind the Connected Communities scheme is to help communities become stronger, more resilient and self-reliant so that they can adapt and thrive even in difficult times like the economic downturn. Recent research showed that good use of co-design and co-production in community-led developments could support community building, since the participatory approach encourages self-help and positive behaviour changes, as well as create new networks within the community and strengthen existing ones. Effective use of co-design and co-production in community-led developments could get hard to reach groups involved and come up with creative and practical solutions. However, successful use of co-design and co-production in community-led developments is still rare. In most cases, people are not truly treated as co-decision makers or co-developers. The majority of engagements in community-led development projects are confined to consultation practices. Experts observed that engagement activities should not focus on identifying needs, problems and deficiencies, as it could make people look at their communities with negative lenses. It would be more useful to concentrate on assets that a community possesses (e.g. self-help groups) and explore how to mobilise them to create new opportunities. As a result, we are interested in the 'Asset-Based Community Development: ABCD' concept, which begins with the self-mapping exercise to uncover hidden assets. For us, these positive principles will underpin our approach to co-design and co-production, since it concentrates on working with communities to achieve lasting changes. While the original ABCD concept aims to identify assets to create new economic opportunities, we are particularly interested in how to uncover hidden assets - the assets that are currently unrecognised by most community members (e.g. voices of marginalised members). We would like to find out why some community engagement activities include/exclude certain members of the community. What are conditions that enable/hinder community engagement? It is important to explore both practical and emotional barriers, e.g. ethnic/cultural differences that could lead to prejudices and stigmas. Although previous studies suggested that it is unrealistic to expect the same level of participation from all members of a community, there is a need to ensure that community engagement activities are designed in ways that allows active members to shine without making less-active members feel left out. We will explore how to practically make community-led developments more inclusive. We are also interested in exploring how the asset-mapping exercise might help us understand the makeup of a community. The idea is to understand the makeup of a well-functioning community and use it as an example to inspire other communities to realise their potential and help them move towards becoming well-functioning. Our main contribution and innovative element of our proposal is making the invisible (people, assets and the makeup of a community) visible so that they can be utilised to create new opportunities for communities in an inclusive manner. Hence, the aim of the project is 'to find out how to achieve inclusive asset-based community developments through co-design and co-production.' In Phase 1, we will try out different co-creation techniques (e.g. community film making and community-led design) to find out which co-creation activities include or exclude which groups and which activities are likely to identify which types of assets (e.g. economic, social or cultural assets). We will work with communities to learn from previous ABCD projects, reflect on our former community engagement experiences, identify potential barriers and explore how to address them. What we learn from piloting different co-creation activities will help us shape up the agendas and methodology for Phase 2, and plan inclusive co-production activities.

互联社区计划背后的驱动力之一是帮助社区变得更强大，更有弹性和自力更生，以便即使在经济衰退等困难时期也能适应和蓬勃发展。最近的研究表明，在社区主导的发展中妥善利用共同设计和共同制作可以支持社区建设，因为参与性办法鼓励自助和积极的行为改变，并在社区内建立新的网络和加强现有网络。在社区主导的开发中有效利用共同设计和共同制作可能很难接触到相关群体，并提出创造性和实用的解决方案。然而，在社区主导的开发中成功使用共同设计和共同制作的情况仍然很少。在大多数情况下，人们并没有真正被视为共同决策者或共同开发者。参与社区主导的发展项目的大多数活动仅限于咨询活动。专家们指出，参与活动不应侧重于确定需求、问题和不足，因为这可能使人们以负面的眼光看待自己的社区。更有益的做法是集中利用社区拥有的资产（例如自助团体），并探讨如何调动它们创造新的机会。因此，我们对“基于资产的社区开发：ABCD”概念感兴趣，该概念从自我映射练习开始，以发现隐藏的资产。对我们来说，这些积极的原则将支撑我们的共同设计和共同制作方法，因为它专注于与社区合作，以实现持久的变化。虽然最初的ABCD概念旨在识别资产以创造新的经济机会，但我们特别感兴趣的是如何发现隐藏的资产-大多数社区成员目前未认识到的资产（例如边缘化成员的声音）。我们想知道为什么一些社区参与活动包括/排除社区的某些成员。什么是能够/阻碍社区参与的条件？重要的是要探讨实际和情感上的障碍，例如可能导致偏见和耻辱的种族/文化差异。虽然以前的研究表明，期望社区所有成员都有相同的参与水平是不现实的，但有必要确保社区参与活动的设计方式，使活跃的成员能够发光，而不会让不太活跃的成员感到被冷落。我们将探讨如何切实使社区主导的发展更具包容性。我们也有兴趣探索资产映射练习如何帮助我们了解社区的构成。我们的想法是了解一个运作良好的社区的组成，并以它为例，激励其他社区实现他们的潜力，并帮助他们走向成为运作良好。我们提案的主要贡献和创新元素是使无形的（人，资产和社区的构成）可见，以便它们可以被用来以包容的方式为社区创造新的机会。因此，该项目的目的是“找出如何通过共同设计和共同制作实现包容性的基于资产的社区发展。“在第一阶段，我们将尝试不同的共创技术（例如社区电影制作和社区主导设计），以找出哪些共创活动包括或排除哪些群体，以及哪些活动可能识别哪些类型的资产（例如经济，社会或文化资产）。我们将与社区合作，从以前的ABCD项目中学习，反思我们以前的社区参与经验，识别潜在的障碍并探索如何解决这些障碍。我们从试点不同的共创活动中学到的东西将有助于我们制定第二阶段的议程和方法，并计划包容性的共同制作活动。

项目成果

Types, obstacles and sources of empowerment in co-design: the role of shared material objects and processes

协同设计中的类型、障碍和赋权来源：共享物质对象和流程的作用

• DOI: 10.1080/15710882.2019.1605383
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: CoDesign
• 影响因子: 1.8
• 作者: Zamenopoulos T

Design and Creative Methods as a Practice of Liminality in Community-Academic Research Projects

设计和创意方法作为社区学术研究项目中的阈限实践

• DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2018.1469329
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: The Design Journal
• 作者: Lam B

Co-design for the development of new knowledge and practices in not-for-profit organisations

在非营利组织中共同设计新知识和实践的开发

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Lam B.

Cultural animation in health research: An innovative methodology for patient and public involvement and engagement.

• DOI: 10.1111/hex.12677
• 发表时间: 2018-08
• 期刊: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
• 作者: Kelemen M;Surman E;Dikomitis L
• 通讯作者: Dikomitis L

Unearth Hidden Assets through Community Co-design and Co-production

• DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352863
• 发表时间: 2017-01-01
• 期刊: DESIGN JOURNAL
• 影响因子: 1
• 作者: Lam, Busayawan;Zamenopoulos, Theodore;Na, Jea Hoo
• 通讯作者: Na, Jea Hoo