Participatory to what end? Mapping motivations for participatory approaches in data-driven projects

Judith Faßbender; Tristan Henderson

doi:10.1145/3677525.3678675

Participatory to what end? Mapping motivations for participatory approaches in data-driven projects

Judith Faßbender^*, Tristan Henderson^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Participation in data-driven projects is a popular approach and often connected to the idea of more equitable projects. The lack, however, of an agreed definition of what constitutes participation leads to fuzziness surrounding possible motivations for participation. This in turn diminishes the ability of facilitators to communicate what to expect from a participatory process to participants and the public. To better understand this, we conduct a systematic literature review and analyse the claimed motivations for implementing participation in data-driven projects. We find three overarching categories: value-, effectiveness-, and efficiency-focused motivations. We discuss overlaps and issues within these categories, such as the implications of project-internal demands (the realisation and working of a project) and project-external demands (codified demands in frameworks, policies and rights).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT '24)
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	301 - 305
ISBN (Print)	9798400710940
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3677525.3678675
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2024
Event	ACM 4th International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2024) - Bremen, Germany Duration: 4 Sept 2024 → 6 Sept 2024 Conference number: 4 https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/

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Conference	ACM 4th International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2024)
Abbreviated title	GoodIT 2024
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bremen
Period	4/09/24 → 6/09/24
Internet address	https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/

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Participation
Data-driven
Participatory data governance

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Faßbender, J & Henderson, T 2024, Participatory to what end? Mapping motivations for participatory approaches in data-driven projects. in Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT '24). ACM, New York, pp. 301 - 305, ACM 4th International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2024), Bremen, Germany, 4/09/24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677525.3678675

Participatory to what end? Mapping motivations for participatory approaches in data-driven projects. / Faßbender, Judith; Henderson, Tristan.
Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT '24). New York: ACM, 2024. p. 301 - 305.

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