OurOS
A hybrid physical and digital tabletop game as a tool for rural community members to build sustainable communities
PRAYAG PRAKASH ICHANGIMATH
Project Description
OurOS thesis research addresses the challenges faced by developmental organizations in ensuring the sustainability of their interventions in rural communities. Specifically, the research focuses on the issue of limited access to essential technology among women from rural communities. The proposed solution is the development of OurOS as a design justice tool that involves all stakeholders like community members and development professionals in co-designing innovative solutions to the wicked problem of sustaining community support. The tool is framed as a tabletop game that is played to facilitate discussions among stakeholders to co-create a plan of action for building a sustainable community. By involving all community members in the design process, OurOS empowers them to participate actively in creating interventions that are tailored to meet their specific needs. This research highlights the importance of a community-centered approach to developmental interventions and emphasizes the need for community members to be involved in every step of the design process.
BIO
Prayag Ichangimath is a development practitioner who facilitates building sustainable rural communities across Asia, Latina America and Africa. With an experience of building STEM curriculums and managing developmental activities that focus on energy independence and livelihood generation, he embarks upon building a bottoms-up solution that involves stakeholders from rural communities to co-design tools that facilitate building inclusive solutions.