Browsing by Author "Iivari, Netta"

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Democratizing technology in a public library: A nexus analytical inquiry into a Hebocon maker activity
(2024-05-09) Durall Gazulla, Eva; Kajamaa, Anu; Kinnula, Marianne; Iivari, Netta; Leinonen, Teemu; Suganuma, Kiyoshi
A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
Despite a proliferation of digitally enhanced makerspaces in public libraries, there is an acute need for libraries to explore new strategies to broaden the engagement of diverse groups, especially those who do not see themselves as technology oriented. This qualitative nexus analytical inquiry analyses multimodal data from a Hebocon robot-making activity situated in a Finnish public library makerspace, targeting library and youth workers as participants. The findings illuminate how the Hebocon format helped to promote the democratization of technology and the inclusion of novices in robot-making activities, enhancing practice change by creating a safe space in which the participants felt confident about experimenting and being creative. This study contributes to research on maker practices and formats aligned with public libraries' mission particularly from the perspective of robot-making event organization, showcasing the value of the nexus analysis framework to guide research in this area.
The problematization for the creativity in design
(2020-01-01) Selau, Luiza Grazziotin; Van Der Linden, Julio; Duarte, Carlos
A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa
This paper discusses the relations between stages of design projects. The literature review is based on authors who already discussed the subject to present a reflection on the stages of the process, focusing on the stage of problematization in order to establish relationships and show the importance of this stage in projects. It is intended to show that the problematization has an impact on the creativity phase and, consequently, on the results of the project. The literature review shows the link between the problematization and the design process as a whole. Besides proposing that with a well developed problematization the designer acquires the necessary knowledge about the project so that the creativity stage is well-done and the project results are more assertive. In this way, it is considered that the problematization has importance in the whole project process. So article shows the importance of this step for a design project.
Promoting Criticality through Design Futuring with Young Children
(2024-10-13) Sharma, Sumita; Howell, Noura; Ventä-Olkkonen, Leena; Iivari, Netta; Eden, Grace; Hartikainen, Heidi; Kinnula, Marianne; Gazulla, Eva Durall; Nitsche, Michael; Okkonen, Jussi; Pait, Supratim; Rubegni, Elisa; Sluis-Thiescheffer, Wouter; van der Velden, Lonneke; Varanasi, Uttishta Sreerama
A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa
As children’s everyday interaction with emerging technologies increases, they need to develop criticality to navigate ethical impacts of technology and when imagining futures with technology. We explore how design futuring can facilitate children’s criticality through four different workshops with children from India, Finland, and the USA. Participants imagined futures with technologies while critically considering ethical impacts. In the findings, themes related to empowerment and ethics emerged in children’s imagined futures. We discuss promoting criticality and empowerment with children’s imagined futures, and how these futures can respond to diverse, local issues based on their lived experiences. Our work diversifies design research by highlighting local futures, and the criticality of those imagined futures, from children across the world.