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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Social Design"”.
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Food Social Design. Design contro la Povertà Alimentare
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Watershed - A Transdisciplinary Social Design Process Applied to an Environmental Issue
… to navigate. Often used in dealing with social design issues, the term "wicked" is intended to connote a problem that is difficult to define and solve rather than its moral implications.1 These problems, like watershed maintenance and pollution mitigation, involve an entwined community of …
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Social Design, Field Studies, Sustainable Development: How Design Research Methods have been Applied to Fieldwork Study and Enable Sustainable Community Development in Three Case Studies
… goal of this study is to explore the meaning of Social Design through design research, investigate appropriate methods for fieldwork study within this context, and seek ways in which design can bring about sustainable community development. In the process of conducting the research, some key …
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Manufacturing recovery : a networked approach to green job creation in Massachusetts Gateway cities
… I find that Lawrence's original physical and social design led to a pattern of economic disinvestment and a deficit of municipal planning capacity compared to Lowell. Today, Lawrence experiences the resulting disadvantage when it competes with Lowell for clean tech economic development funds. …
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Creating Community Among Older Adults in Southwest Virginia Through Social Participation
Taking a social design approach to aging, we relate earlier work in age-friendly communities, aging in place and social isolation to landscape design. Identifying the critical principles of social participation and how these needs can be met through landscape intervention, we formulate a set of …
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Enhancing the capabilities of small producers in developing countries to meet global challenges: an investigation into the contribution of international craft development initiatives.
… and Crafts movement, and secondly the ethos of social design, built on the legacy of the appropriate technology movement. It is argued that both of these have a constraining impact on the development of indigenous design skills that underpin successful participation in global markets. Noting …
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Playful Occupations: Mobile Creative Coding for Critical Consciousness
… digitally-mediated world. How can we design computational learning environments so that they not only empower individuals with technical proficiency but also foster the critical thinking, agency, and socio-cultural awareness necessary to fully realize the revolutionary potential of …
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Everyone deserves great design: Design towards the 100%
… thesis illustrates that everyone deserves great design and suggests methods on how to achieve it. A new mindset for product design is developed and presented here advocating for incentives, both economic and humanitarian, in order to create more equitable products around the world for people …
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An Identity-Oriented Systems Engineering Framework for Complex Sociotechnical Systems: A case study of Zero Robotics
… identity groups such as by racial, gender, social class, and other differences leads to persistent inequalities in various fields of society including socioeconomic, health system, political powers, education opportunities, etc. Technology however often entrenches or sustains the hierarchies …
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De-gentrifying the streetscape : reclaiming tactical urbanism for San Francisco's Tenderloin
… row definition allows, with a rich fabric of social dynamics, built form, local heroes,and powerful villains. While the historic culture bearers of other San Francisco neighborhoods have been gradually pushed out by younger, richer, tech-affiliated residents with little understanding of the …
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The Greenway Trail in Community Development: An examination of value, representation, and distribution of benefits among stakeholders
… Yet, commonly, neoliberal governance and design of greenways leads to diminished social and environmental design in favor of economic development. Intentional design for social, environmental and economic stability is crucial for successful greenways, though they are often viewed as …
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A Postcolonial Critique of Industrial Design: A critical evaluation of the relationship of culture and hegemony to design practice and education since the late 20th century.
A Postcolonial Critique of Industrial Design: A critical evaluation of the relationship of culture and hegemony to design practice and education since the late 20th century. This thesis specifically focuses on the professional practices and training of Western industrial designers using …
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The clinic and the community: exploring the role of the designed environment in the creation of social value
… healthcare organizations can function as social entrepreneurs, using the designed environment as a critical resource to address health and wellness issues within the community beyond their usual medical services. By taking this approach, organizations would not only help mitigate social …
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File to Factory: Design for Assembly Workflows in Architecture
… young architectural practitioners to engage with social fabrication activities. Questions, however, remain as to what extent the designer-maker will be required to acquire the necessary skill, organisation and knowledge to support social building activities. The internet is providing consumers …