It Soon Became Clear -- Insights into Technology and Participation

Autor/inn/en	Travnicek, Cornelia; Stoll, Daniela; Reichinger, Andreas; Rix, Jonathan
Titel	It Soon Became Clear -- Insights into Technology and Participation
Quelle	In: Qualitative Research Journal, 22 (2022) 2, S.129-142 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Reichinger, Andreas) ORCID (Rix, Jonathan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-9883
DOI	10.1108/QRJ-03-2021-0035
Schlagwörter	Participation; Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Technology; Adults; Case Studies; Participatory Research; Employees; Peer Groups; Organizational Learning; United Kingdom (London); Austria (Vienna); Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teilnahme; Handicap; Behinderung; Ausland; Technologie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Forschungstätigkeit; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Organisationslernen; Spanien
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to explore the experience of working with different conceptualisations of participation and participatory practice. This is done through an examination of the involvement of a technology company within a multinational, 3-years participatory research project involving 13 partners and over 200 disabled people. Design/methodology/approach: This paper provides a case study, narrative account of a range of activities undertaken within the project, presenting a rare and much-needed explicit insight into the emergence of participatory ways of working and the reasoning and tensions behind them. Findings: Through the case study gaze of one of the technology companies involved, it explicates the underpinning processes of the participatory approach and how these challenged the notions of various partners. Originality/value: This paper shows how engaging in meaningfully participatory research creates profound institutional challenges for technology developers. The subsequent need to make hard decisions and compromises throughout disrupts traditional ways of working and anticipated outcomes. However, it also reveals opportunities for delivering unanticipated and transformative outcomes, highlighting the need for greater flexibility in funding research that aims to be participatory. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01