A. Baki Kocaballi

Mapping, and other methods involving making collages, are frequently employed in participatory design workshops to capture and understand domain specific user knowledge. Cartographic mapping is a mapping method with a particular focus on the mediating role of the mapmaking activity in mutual knowledge construction. In this method, the facilitator and participant work together to create a visualisation of the participant’s daily routines, relationships and settings within a problem domain.

Continued on pages 40–41 of Design. Think. Make. Break. Repeat.

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