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.

中文翻译：

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很快就变得清晰了——对技术和参与的洞察

目的

本文旨在探讨在参与和参与实践的不同概念化下工作的经验。这是通过对一家技术公司参与跨国、为期 3 年的参与性研究项目的审查来完成的，该项目涉及 13 个合作伙伴和 200 多名残疾人。

设计/方法/方法

本文提供了一个案例研究，叙述了项目内开展的一系列活动，对参与式工作方式的出现及其背后的推理和紧张局势提出了一种罕见且急需的明确洞察。

发现

通过其中一家技术公司的案例研究，它解释了参与式方法的基础过程以及这些过程如何挑战各种合作伙伴的概念。

原创性/价值

本文展示了参与有意义的参与性研究如何为技术开发人员带来深刻的制度挑战。随后需要在整个过程中做出艰难的决定和妥协，这破坏了传统的工作方式和预期的结果。然而，它也揭示了提供意想不到的变革性成果的机会，强调了在资助旨在参与性的研究方面需要更大的灵活性。