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Title: | POSIWID and determinism in design for behaviour change |
Authors: | Lockton, D |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Social Services Research Group |
Citation: | Working Paper Series, Apr 2012 |
Abstract: | When designing to influence behaviour for social or environmental benefit, does designers' intent matter? Or are the effects on behaviour more important, regardless of the intent involved? This brief paper explores -- in the context of design for behaviour change -- some treatments of design, intentionality, purpose and responsibility from a variety of fields, including Stafford Beer's "The purpose of a system is what it does" and Maurice Broady's perspective on determinism. The paper attempts to extract useful implications for designers working on behaviour-related problems, in terms of analytical or reflective questions to ask during the design process. |
Description: | Copyright @ 2012 Social Services Research Group |
URI: | http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2033231 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6394 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2033231 |
Appears in Collections: | Design Publications Brunel Design School Research Papers |
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