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PAPERS: Care Infrastructures: Designing with, through, and as Care Location: 50 George Square, G.03 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/george-square-50 Session Chair: Danielle Lake, Elon University Session Chair: Sine Celik, Delft University of Technology | |
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Care-full systems: Applying Tronto’s ethics of care into systemic design processes University of Antwerp, Faculty of Design Sciences, Belgium This paper explores how care ethics, particularly Joan Tronto’s five dimensions of care, can enrich systemic design practices by embedding ethical and political reflections into co-design processes. The paper uses Tronto's framework as an ethical guide through the systemic design methodology of Jones and Van Ael and a retrospective case study involving children with incarcerated parents. It highlights how care ethics can guide designers in navigating complex relational dynamics, redistributing power, and fostering trust and responsiveness in co-creative processes. The study emphasizes the importance of designer positionality, expectation management, and co-ownership, especially when working with vulnerable groups. Ultimately, it proposes systemic design as a practice of care, offering conceptual foundations for more equitable and context-sensitive design interventions. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.339
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