participation-washing

English

Etymology

Apparently coined in 2020[1] from participation +‎ washing

Noun

participation-washing (uncountable)

  1. The strategy or practice by organizations (such as companies and governments) of a process of "hollow" (fake) consultation of citizens or members, despite no (or little) interest in such participation, in order to improve their public image, gather attention and sympathy by creating an illusion of openness.
    • 2023 July 25, The Open Data Institute‎[1]:
      Participation can be used tokenistically - and ‘participation-washing’ is a common concern in data systems and beyond.
    • 2023 December 12, Lara Groves, Ada Lovelace Institute‎[2]:
      Participation washing can take many forms, including practitioners not respecting the needs and ideas of participants, not providing them with clear instructions about what they’ll be expected to contribute or not compensating participants sufficiently.

Alternative forms

  • participation washing

Hyponyms

  • citizenwashing, citizen-washing (when participation is offered to citizens)

References

  1. ^ Mona Sloane, Emanuel Moss, Olaitan Awomolo, and Laura Forlano. 2020. Participation Is not a Design Fix for Machine Learning. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2007.02423

Further reading

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