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Using Serious Games to Establish a Dialogue Between Designers and Citizens in Participatory Design: The Architectural Portal of People’s Narratives

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Using Serious Games to Establish a Dialogue Between Designers and Citizens in Participatory Design: The Architectural Portal of People’s Narratives. / Di Mascio, Danilo; Dalton, Ruth.
Serious Games and Edutainment Applications. ed. / Minhua Ma; Andreas Oikonomou. Vol. II Germany: Springer, 2017. p. 433-454.

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Di Mascio D, Dalton R. Using Serious Games to Establish a Dialogue Between Designers and Citizens in Participatory Design: The Architectural Portal of People’s Narratives. In Ma M, Oikonomou A, editors, Serious Games and Edutainment Applications. Vol. II. Germany: Springer. 2017. p. 433-454 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51645-5_20

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Di Mascio, Danilo ; Dalton, Ruth. / Using Serious Games to Establish a Dialogue Between Designers and Citizens in Participatory Design : The Architectural Portal of People’s Narratives. Serious Games and Edutainment Applications. editor / Minhua Ma ; Andreas Oikonomou. Vol. II Germany : Springer, 2017. pp. 433-454

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