[Sigia-l] IA Practice Maturation

[PeterV]

>One hurdle I perceive in .de is a misunderstanding (rejection?)
>of user centered design. Over here Design (with a capital "D")
>is determined by the Designer. Top-down approach. Punkt.
>Participatory design methods, for example, undermine the
>Designer's authority and control.

Ah! Cultural differences!

I've always suspected IA and user centered design took of in the US quite 
well partly because of the culture. There's been some talk before about how 
usability in Japan works differently because of the culture (you don't 
contradict your boss, or as a respondent, you don't say "negative" things). 
The entire practice of IA seems to resonate with a lot of typical USA 
values: valuing the contribution of the individual, not having too much 
respect for people higher up in the hierarchy (when you know they're 
wrong), and so on...

PeterV
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