(Ebook) Third Space, Information Sharing, and Participatory Design by Anika Meyer, Denmark, and Ina Fourie ISBN 9781636391724, 9781636391717, 1636391729, 1636391710, 978163639173

(Ebook) Third Space, Information Sharing, and Participatory Design by Anika Meyer, Denmark, and Ina Fourie ISBN 9781636391724, 9781636391717, 1636391729, 1636391710, 978163639173

Society faces many challenges in workplaces, everyday life situations, and education contexts.Within information behavior research, there are often calls to bridge inclusiveness and for greatercollaboration, with user-centered design approaches and, more specifically, participatory designpractices. Collaboration and participation are essential in addressing contemporary societal chal-lenges, designing creative information objects and processes, as well as developing spaces forlearning, and information and research interventions. The intention is to improve access to in-formation and the benefits to be gained from that. This also applies to bridging the digital divideand for embracing artificial intelligence. With regard to research and practices within informationbehavior, it is crucial to consider that all users should be involved. Many information activities(i.e., activities falling under the umbrella terms of information behavior and information practices)manifest through participation, and thus, methods such as participatory design may help unfoldboth information behavior and practices as well as the creation of information objects, new models,and theories. Information sharing is one of its core activities. For participatory design with its valueset of democratic, inclusive, and open participation towards innovative practices in a diversity ofcontexts, it is essential to understand how information activities such as sharing manifest itself. Forinformation behavior studies it is essential to deepen understanding of how information sharingmanifests in order to improve access to information and the use of information.