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authors
Mogensen, Preben Holst
year
1998
title
When Survival is an Issue: PD in Support of Landscape Architecture
source
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 7(3): 187-203; Jan1998
summary
This paper reports on an ongoing project involving researchers from Lancaster Universityand a branch of a landscape architecture firm. It explores some of the possibilities pursued in theproject as well as the conditions they encountered. Specifically, it describes the introduction ofsupport for graphic work and electronic communication in a context characterised by continuousfinancial pressure, downsizing, and the need for short term gains. It seeks to contribute to the accumulationof experience within the participatory design community by reporting on an ongoing projectas regards its objectives in relationship to its context.