Utopian epistles on dissent, disagreement, and disillusionment
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Date
2026-06-15
Authors
Gamboa, Mafalda
Larsen-Ledet, Ida
Marttila, Sanna
Sandelin, Erik
Bardzell, Shaowen
Koefoed Hansen, Lone
Seravalli, Anna
Ehn, Pelle
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Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
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Abstract
This Situated Action proposes the building of a correspondence archive, initiated by Pelle Ehn, and now expanded towards the PDC community. In this proposal, we turn from the archive's current focus on peace, dialogue, and coexistence towards a generational turn that considers the need for expressing and making space for dissent, disagreement, and disillusionment. In a world in disarray, we turn to unpacking our own participation in systems of oppression and rethinking the role of participatory design in those same mechanisms. This action encompasses the making and starting of an archive in honour of the conversations that need to happen between us to build the dialogue and coexistence we dream of in our utopias.
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Co-design , Correspondence , Letters , [AppliedPsychology]
Citation
Gamboa, M, Larsen-Ledet, I, Marttila, S, Sandelin, E, Bardzell, S, Koefoed Hansen, L, Seravalli, A & Ehn, P 2026, Utopian epistles on dissent, disagreement, and disillusionment. in D Fassi, A Meroni, L Galluzzo, D Selloni, D de Sainz, N B Torretta, E Bertolotti, M Corubolo, A De Rosa, P-A Hillgren, R Mahamuni, B O Serpa, F Piredda, V Tassinari, J S Baek & T Franqueira (eds), PDC '26: Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 3: Workshops, Situated Actions, and PDC Places. PDC 2026 - Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 3: Workshops, Situated Actions, and PDC Places, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 97-100, 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 3: Workshops, Situated Actions, and PDC Places, PDC 2026, Milan, Italy, 15/06/26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3789493.3797320