Collective infrastructural speculations

Shinde, Siddhant, Bagalkot, Naveen, Verdezoto, Nervo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-4262, Manuel, Ganief, Ramakka, Muni, Iitumba, Ndinelao, Ortega, Deysi, Tb, Dinesh and Densmore, Melissa 2024. Collective infrastructural speculations. Presented at: Participatory Design Conference 2024, Sibu, Malaysia, 11-16 August 2024. Participatory Design Conference 2024. , vol.1 pp. 159-172. 10.1145/3666094.3666111

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Abstract

Community Networks (CNs) offer a means for high-quality communication infrastructure growth, especially in rural areas providing benefits to social and economic development; CNs hold potential to be community-owned infrastructure fostering community resilience. Towards realizing this potential of CNs, we explored two research questions: What does resilience mean for the communities who build, maintain, and use a CN; and what are community-based visions for fostering resilience and sustainability of their CNs? We carried out four speculative design workshops with different stakeholders at two CNs: Ocean View Community's CN in South Africa and the Channapatna Health Library's CN in India. We report our findings as two design fictions that emerged as collaborative articulation of our collective visions, acting as ‘Infrastructural Speculations’ nuancing our understanding of resilience in CNs. We offer insights into how speculative design could become a part of ongoing, situated participatory design and infrastructuring work.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
ISBN:	979-8-4007-0808-4/24/08
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 July 2024
Date of Acceptance:	27 March 2024
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2024 10:58
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170351

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