Editorial
Critical Reflections on Systemic Design Participation: Ethics, Care and Justice
Cecilia Landa-Avila (Loughborough University)
Josina Vink (Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO))
Sine Celik (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)
Simon Downs (Loughborough University)
Peter Jones (Tecnologico de Monterrey)
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Abstract
This theme track examines how participation is conceived and practised within systemic design for complex challenges. Designing for interwoven systemic crises requires the participation of those who both affect and are affected by these systems. Participation is reframed here not as a discrete event, but as a dynamic, ongoing meta-process that reconfigures power relations and influences what is recognised as meaningful data. Synthesising fifteen papers across three sessions, this editorial explores the tensions between care, justice, and ethics, moving beyond performative co-creation toward sustained, power-sharing partnerships.
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