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How much participation is enough?: a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes

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How much participation is enough? a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes. / Whittle, Jon.
PDC '14 Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers. Vol. 1 New York: ACM, 2014. p. 121-130.

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Whittle, J 2014, How much participation is enough? a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes. in PDC '14 Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers. vol. 1, ACM, New York, pp. 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1145/2661435.2661445

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Whittle, J. (2014). How much participation is enough? a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes. In PDC '14 Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers (Vol. 1, pp. 121-130). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2661435.2661445

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Whittle J. How much participation is enough? a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes. In PDC '14 Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers. Vol. 1. New York: ACM. 2014. p. 121-130 doi: 10.1145/2661435.2661445

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Whittle, Jon. / How much participation is enough? a comparison of six participatory design projects in terms of outcomes. PDC '14 Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers. Vol. 1 New York : ACM, 2014. pp. 121-130

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