Respectful Design With Remote Communities: How Can Real-Time Digital Tools Contribute in Cross Cultural Collaboration

This research investigates the role of digital technology in fostering respectful design practices in multidisciplinary distributed collaboration. Time and financial limitations currently hinder the application of respectful design, an Indigenous approach. This research assesses real-time digital tools to address these limitations. A mixed-methods approach was used to holistically evaluate distributed collaboration tools: real-time physical Immersion, the video conferencing platform Zoom, and interactive Hologram technology. Three research methods were used: observation of collaborative design projects with remote Indigenous communities, design charrettes in which participants used different tools for each stage of the design process, and reflective interviews utilizing card sorting. This research illustrated that distributed collaboration tools can enhance collaboration and create a respectful design space when in-person meetings are not feasible. It further identified recommendations for strategically implementing distributed collaboration tools within a cross-cultural design process by addressing technical and facilitation challenges.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Design (M.Des.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Industrial Design

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Barrett, Katherine Ann

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2024 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2024-16186

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/43043