Digital Commons Network^™

Insights On Designing A Novel 99% Biodegradable Ffp2 Biomask Through Interdisciplinary Applied Research., Shujoy Chakraborty, Dirk Loyens, Jeremy Aston, Harshit Jain, Marta Dora Ornelas, Rosa Henriques De Gouveia

IASDR Conference Series

Objective: This research developed an environmentally sustainable alternative, called BioMask, to non-biodegradable polypropylene FFP2 masks, addressing the dual challenge of medical waste reduction and public health protection through interdisciplinary collaboration. Approach: The study employed Research through Design (RtD) methodology integrating expertise from design, nanomaterial science, fibre engineering, and medicine within a 15-month applied research project. RtD facilitated concurrent product-process development by using iterative prototyping as a common language across disciplines, enabling real-time problem-solving rather than traditional sequential development. The interdisciplinary consortium developed a novel sandwich material consisting of an electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibre filtration layer combined with viscose and banana …

Evaluating The Role Of Infrastructure In The City Image In Relation To The Relevant Components Of Traffic Routes, Yung-Chi Chiu, Ming-Chyuan Ho, Jui-Che Tu, Yi-Hui Liao, Yu-Chi Hsu

IASDR Conference Series

By the close of the 20th century, numerous strategic planning principles pertaining to urban structure had been integrated into the urban planning process. The city's image is clearly discernible due to its proximity to the high-speed rail line. The present study analyses the cognitive expression of messages pertaining to spatial landscapes. The present study assesses perceptions of the city image in the southern section of Taiwan's High-Speed Rail, and explores the interrelationship between the city image and the formation of unique collective urban memories. Furthermore, the objective was to identify emergent themes pertinent to the city. To this end, a …

The Good Move-In: Enhancing Voice And Participation In Transitions To Supported Housing, Line Gad Christiansen, Joan Pedersen

IASDR Conference Series

This project explores the complexities surrounding the transition of young adults with special needs into municipally operated supported housing in Denmark. This life-changing move is managed by local municipalities and ideally involves collaboration between the resident, their relatives, and a caseworker. Despite the intention of ensuring participation and involvement, practical and emotional challenges often limit meaningful inclusion. The project ’The Good Move-in’ enabled the researchers to examine how such transitions are currently handled and developed methods to strengthen the voice and self-determination of residents—particularly those with limited verbal communication. Through interviews, visual tools, and co-creative tasks—including a construction task—the project …

Re-Perceiving The Value Of Land Systems: A Participatory Design Practice Based On The Xiangli Gongsheng Ecological Farm In Xingang Village, Hangzhou, Meiyan Leng, Tangxiang Huo, Jingjing Wang, Yan Yang, Jia Ren, Binbin Shao, Tie Ji, Han Meng

IASDR Conference Series

The intensifying trends of urbanization and functional simplification of land use have exacerbated ecological degradation and the disconnection between people and the land. Thisstudy, groundedin Field Design Work (FDW),takesthe Symbiotic Rural Farmin Xingang Village, Liangzhu, Hangzhouasa case study to explore how design can serve as a lens to re-identify and activate the multifaceted values of land systems. Through field research, in-depth interviews, multisensory experiences, and digital sensing technologies, the research team uncovered and refined the latent resources of the land, revealing it not merely as a material asset but as a complex system embodying emotion, wisdom, and culture. The study …

The Old Hong Kong Style: Preserving The Past In Specialty Coffee Shops, Mia B. Münster, Ada Ying Man Chan, Sylvia Xihui Liu, Victor Serrano

IASDR Conference Series

The promotion of specialty coffee and the opening of coffee shops have surged in Hong Kong in recent years, establishing the city as a leading destination for specialty coffee. A previous study revealed an intentional effort to preserve what we refer to as an ‘Old Hong Kong style’ in the design of these shops. To better understand the motivations behind this design choice, this study investigates the intentions of those involved in shaping these spaces. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 representatives from modern specialty coffee shops identified as exhibiting a deliberate ‘Old Hong Kong’ aesthetic. The interview participants included …

Design As Practice: A Pedagogical Exploration Of Friendly Living Space Through Digital Simulation, Tzu-Han Cheng, Chih-Ping Chen, Li-Chieh Chen

IASDR Conference Series

This study explores the co-laboration of design aesthetics and digital teaching methodologies in creating friendly living spaces. In contemporary society, the demand for human-centered, sustainable, and emotionally resonant environments has increased interest in spatial design that prioritizes well-being, social interaction, and environmental consciousness. The concept of a friendly living space extends beyond traditional residential design by emphasizing the inter connectedness between individuals and their physical and social environments. The research investigates how design aesthetics—such as spatial layout, material selection, and lighting—can enhance comfort and emotional experiences. It further examines how digital technologies, particularly virtual reality and simulation tools, can support …

Exploring An Exhibition Model To Create An Accessible Entry Point To Traditional Crafts, Yoshimune Ishikawa

IASDR Conference Series

Traditional crafts embody the skills and knowledge cultivated in local communities and passed down through generations, preserving unique regional cultures and identities. However, these traditions are now in rapid decline, facing challenges such as a shortage of successors, a lack of materials, and a declining public interest due to changing consumer lifestyles. While administrative bodies and museums are working to counteract this trend through exhibitions, this study explores a new exhibition model designed to create a more accessible entry point to traditional crafts. To this end, we held an exhibition in 2024 featuring "Nomin Bijutsu" (Farmers' Art), a traditional craft …

Participatory Design Insights From Ai Mobility Projects In Amsterdam, Heng Gu, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Euiyoung Kim

IASDR Conference Series

How much participation is “enough” for artificial intelligence (AI) in public space? We investigate three Amsterdam urban mobility system (UMS) projects —crowd-monitoring cameras, parking-scan vehicles and value-based routing—to examine participatory trajectory with the goal of projecting legitimacy beyond technical execution. To trace who gained voice (and when) across conception, deployment, and operation of the projects, we combined Arnstein’s Ladder and stakeholder mapping as a minimal toolkit. Findings reveal recurrent gaps and challenges in identifying and engaging impacted stakeholders. We sought first-hand, in-depth accounts from project managers of the UMS projects to offer richer context to the decisions made throughout the …

The Institutionalisation Of Tactical Urbanism: Insights From Genova Street Lab Project, Elisa Cinelli, Laura Galluzzo, Carla Baldissera, Giovanni Lanza

IASDR Conference Series

Co-creation is increasingly emerging as a strategic and interdisciplinary approach to urban regeneration, particularly in contexts characterized by social complexity and spatial fragmentation. This paper explores the potential of tactical urbanism, a more and more consolidated approach, as a tool for transforming public space through participatory processes. The paper presents the experience of Genova Street Lab, a pilot project launched in 2024 in the Sampi erd arena district of Genoa, aimed at improving the quality and safety of public spaces, with a particular focus on home-to-school routes. Promoted by the Urban Planning and Smart Mobility Departments of the Municipality of …

"A Second Glance": Anthropomorphic Tools As Speculative Companion, Yixuan Wei, Dag Aarsland, Wei Liu

IASDR Conference Series

This paper explores how anthropomorphic design can function as a speculative pathway toward alternative futures. Drawing on the vision of design as a form of critical speculation, it proposes that endowing objects with human-like qualities, often accompanied by unexpected behaviours and effects, invites new modes of engagement that are emotional and narratives of the self. By examining selected design cases and artefacts that evoke anthropomorphic thinking, the study argues that such designs do not simply imitate life but provoke reflections on human entanglement with objects they live around and interact with every day, the fragility of agency, and the companionship …

Discourse Through Futures: Expanding The Organisational Foresight Practice With Design, Li-Ting Huang, Xuqin Yu, Si Teng Lei, Tanaka Yasunori, Yahata Akihisa, Shyhnan Liou

IASDR Conference Series

The convergence of design and foresight is emerging as a powerful approach to navigate uncertainties and envision alternative futures. This study investigates how design and foresight are mutually facilitated based on the following questions: What are the current challenges in foresight practice? How can design meaningfully enhance foresight processes? Despite the growth of academic interest in frameworks such as experiential futures and design futuring, foresight practices of many organisations (particularly private corporations) remain limited in scope and imagination. Drawing on a practice-based perspective, this paper examines five organisational cases – the Japan Research Institute, the Taiwan Design Research Institute, the …

Non-Human Rights And Posthuman Governance: How Speculative Design Simulate The Dwelling Politics Of 'Cross-Species Symbiosis Lives'?, Wenjia Sun

IASDR Conference Series

This paper examines the interplay between non-human rights and posthuman governance, delving into how Speculative Design practice of Legislative Fictioneering and symbiotic scenario-building enables us to provotype alternative social contracts and the dwelling politics of 'cross-species symbiosis lives.' Within the framework of dec on str acting of technological determinism, the proposed project, 'Cross-species Symbiosis Lives' employs provotypes to augment tangible Legislative Fictioneering, material science, and embedded governance approaches that acknowledge non-human agency and legal personhood position from a futurological perspective. Notably, the paper critically analyzes the neoliberal tendencies within Speculative Design, which tend to privatize legal imagination and reduce systemic …

"Weaving Home Over Time": Uncovering Layered Narratives Of Belonging Through Participatory Homemaking In Dementia Care, Natsumi Wada, Silvia Maria Gramegna, Alessandro Biamonti

IASDR Conference Series

What elements make you feel that this is “home”? This study investigates the multifaceted concept of “home” for people with dementia, extending beyond physical shelter to encompass sensory, emotional, and relational dimensions. Drawing on a qualitative, participatory co-design approach at GRACE Lab— a living lab embedded in a Milan dementia village—we engaged five residents with mild-to-moderate dementia, care staff, and design researchers in semi-structured interviews, observations, storytelling, and one-on-one workshops. A bespoke toolkit of icon cards and collage materials was used to elicit personal memories and co-construct individualized “home” narratives. Data coded in MaxQDA24 were analysed through a multimodal narrative …

Examining The Boundary Infrastructures Around 'Fair Food': The Sustainable Transition Approach Of Postane, Cagri G. Varli, Betül Şahin

IASDR Conference Series

In response to the growing sense of distrust in mainstream food systems, Alternative Food Networks have gained traction by prioritizing ecological, ethical, and participatory principles. One such alternative initiative is the ‘fair food’ ecosystem developed by the urban hub Postane Istanbul, which this study explores as a case. Postane brings together food-related practices, infrastructures, and actors around the idea of fair food. The study focuses on how fair food can act as a boundary object that mediates between diverse actors, values, and practices. Data were collected through site visits, document analysis, and long-term participant observation, offering insights into Postane’s fair …

Valuing Local Experience At Short-Term Stay: A Design Approach For The Young Generation, Ahyoung Choi, Junsu Kim, Suae Lee

IASDR Conference Series

This study explores how accommodation can enhance travelers’ local experiences through product- service combinations. While prior research has focused on local immersion during sightseeing, little attention has been paid to how lodging environments support such experiences. To address this gap, in-depth interviews were conducted with millennial travelers (aged 20–39) who had repeatedly booked international accommodations. Using personal inventories and semi-structured interviews, the study identified products and moments that enriched emotional and cultural engagement. Thematic analysis revealed four key themes—Accommodation, Local Experiences, Products, and Emotion—highlighting how design elements in accommodations influence travelers’ emotional continuity. Findings suggest that standardized hotel environments may …

Ai As Cultural Decoder: Multimodal Analysis Of Object Evolution In Chinese Domestic Space, Ziyuan Yang, Yuji Li, Limin Song

IASDR Conference Series

Historical design research often prioritizes grand narratives, while the cultural sig- nificance of everyday objects and their spatial contexts is frequently overlooked. Addressing this gap, this study investigates the evolution of "object-space" order in domestic environments through an integrated approach combining computer vision technology and natural language processing. By analysing image data across different periods, we identify object categories, placements, and spatial configurations, revealing micro-level organizational patterns and macro-level influ- ences of functionality and socio-cultural factors. Combining qualitative and quanti- tative methods—including interviews and computational analysis—we trace the transformation of Chinese residential spaces since the 1980s. Findings demon- strate how …

Gongbi Artists' Acceptance Of Aigc: An Extended Tam Analysis With Qualitative And Quantitative Data, Yuhang Mao, Anthony Kong

IASDR Conference Series

Gongbi painting artists’ acceptance of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) through an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Using mixed methods (204 questionnaires and 15 interviews), we explored the effects of cultural adaptability, creative subjectivity, and ethical risk. Findings show that cultural adaptability significantly increases perceived usefulness and ease of use, while ethical risk negatively impacts adoption. Creative subjectivity strongly promotes willingness to use AIGC. However, perceived usefulness and ease of use do not directly affect intention. Results highlight the need for culturally sensitive AI design that balances tradition and innovation, while addressing ethical concerns.

The Uk Craft Makers Service Design Innovation And Stakeholder Engagement, Li Zhang, Andrew May, Stefania Sansoni, Cees De Bont

IASDR Conference Series

This paper, through a case study, shows how five UK craft makers design services around their daily routines. Based on that, the study offers insight into how the craft makers offer these services and the motivations behind their service design implementation. Additionally, during the service process, specific stakeholders are involved in the network. These people will have an impact on the service procedures and results. Based on that, we will create a clear service ecosystem map that shows who offers these services and who receives them. This study provides new insights into how UK craft makers operate services in innovative …

Mapping The Evolution Of Textile Design Pedagogy In The Uk: Undergraduate Insights From Loughborough University, Duman Bibi Samshad

IASDR Conference Series

This study analyses 1,706 undergraduate textile design projects from Loughborough University (1999– 2025) to trace changes in materials, methods, and themes in UK textile pedagogy. A mixed-methods design integrates grounded coding of images and catalogue descriptions with set-theoretic analysis (QCA) and descriptive trend charts. Findings show (a) a post-2015 inflection in digital practice (DIG), (b) rising sustainability intent (SUS), and (c) stable but evolving cultural/locational theming (CUL). Two robust “recipes” for material/process innovation (MAT) are identified—DIG·SUS → MAT and DIG·CUL → MAT—while DIG approaches necessity after 2015. A FAIR-aligned archive was built in the Loughborough University Repository with persistent identifiers, …

A Burlesque: The Shimmering Body Of Revealing, Lola Montgomery

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

A Burlesque: The Shimmer Manuscript is a hybrid critical–creative work that examines burlesque as an embodied methodology and a mode of knowledge production. Drawing from my two decades as a performer–scholar, the work reframes glamour, desire, and adornment as epistemological practices rather than theatrical ornamentation. The project is significant in that it expands understandings of performance studies, autotheory, and feminist aesthetics by foregrounding the performer’s body as an intelligent, sensing, world-making apparatus.

The methodology is creative practice research and archive-driven, integrating backstage documentation, AI-assisted photomontage, and theoretical reflection. The work draws from poststructuralist and feminist frameworks (Irigaray, Deleuze & Guattari, …

The Rhetorical Discourse Of Uniate Writers’ Polemic Literature Of The End Of The 16th – First Half Of The 17th Century In The Retrospection Of Oratory's History, Ruslan Tkachuk

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The examination of the poetics inherent in the polemical prose authored by Uniate writers during the late 16th and the first half of the 17th centuries holds substantial significance for comprehending rhetoric as a pivotal element in the stylistic evolution of Ukrainian literature throughout this period. The objective of this article is to explore the interrelationship between the works of Uniate polemicists and the framework of classical rhetoric, particularly by elucidating the functioning of rhetorical figures and argumentation techniques within their texts. To accomplish this aim, a range of literary methodologies were employed. Those methods included historical-cultural, comparative-historical, biographical, structural-analytical, …

Orthodoxy, Culture And Language: Alaska In Russia’S Religious Diplomacy Of The 21st Century, Oleksandr Lukyanenko

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The article is devoted to the analysis of the religious factor of the Russian foreign diplomacy in the light of Vladimir Putin’s high-profile visit to Alaska n August 15, 2025. The paper studies a special place of Alaska in the historical imagination of Russian political and church discourse. The status of this particular territory in Russian state worldview – the former “Russian America” – is indicative: it refers to the idea of an unfinished imperial legacy. The research doesn’t touch a main event that included a meeting with US President Donald Trump but an off-schedule meeting with Archbishop Alexei (Trader) …

More Perilous And Fair, Cami Agan, Clare Moore, Robin A. Reid Dr.

Mythopoeic Society Seminar Proceedings

An overview of the conference's theme and speakers.

Charity Begins With Zoning Reforms, Mark D. Bjelland

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

When my family moved to Michigan over a decade ago, we were looking for something more than a three-bedroom house in our price range. We wanted a place of beauty, refreshment, and welcome for our children and guests. As newcomers to the state, we took the location seriously. Our previous house lost value due to its small-town setting, so we worried about future property values. As an urban geographer, I mapped changes in demographics and housing prices and created bike and bus travel-time maps from work and schools.

European-Islamic Ceramics From The Eighteenth Century Onward, Katherine Collins

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The foundation for this examination rests upon prior research analyzing ceramic traditions and trade routes across East Asia and the Islamic Empires from the eighth to the sixteenth centuries. This knowledge establishes how East Asian innovations, such as porcelain and underglaze techniques, flowed westward through the Middle East via silk trade routes, profoundly influencing South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Ottoman ceramic production and aesthetics. They were able to trace how crucial Islamic technical traditions, including lusterware and tin-glazing, were subsequently transmitted to the Mediterranean basin through conquest and trade. This provided the technical vocabulary necessary for European precursors such as …

Israeli Hasbara And The Nba’S Palestine Exception: The Impossibility Of Capitalist “Social Justice”, Chen Chen, Anthony J. Weems, Roc Rochon, Daniel Sailofsky

Sport Management Collection

Sport is a notable site for the Israeli state in its hasbara (public diplomacy, or “explaining”) effort that seeks to normalize the conditions of ethnic cleansing, illegal settlement, and apartheid practices in historic and occupied Palestine. Against the backdrop of the genocide in Gaza and the lack of international sport sanctions against Israeli teams, this paper maps several hasbara activities/attempts featuring the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the last decade. This is a worthwhile case, not least because of the NBA’s self-branding as a socially “progressive” league composed of a primarily Black/African American athletic workforce. Two major observations are made: …

羅漢住寺 : 道宣的中土聖寺建構與感應敘事, Yuanju Liu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

阿羅漢觀念源於印度，傳入中土後，逐漸演化爲能够感應顯聖的宗教角色。本文從宗教與文學角度，分析道宣（596—667）《集神州三寳感通録》卷下羅漢與聖寺的感應敘事。他引據北涼道泰譯《入大乘論》等經律，將以天竺爲中心的三洲宇宙觀轉化爲中土空間敘事，將羅漢的顯聖行跡落實於神州的山林寺宇之中。這些敘事融合道教洞天福地與名山信仰的母題，經由“偶值”“誤入”和“尋訪”等情節，呈現聖人與凡俗間活生生的互動敘事，並展現佛教信仰的靈驗性與住持正法的作用。

道宣不僅是敘事的整理者，亦以親歷者身份出現於記載中，其“不識”的視角，反映凡夫對神聖的距離感與追慕心理，深化感應的信仰結構。值得注意的是，本文亦指出道宣並未採用同時期玄奘新譯《大阿羅漢難陀蜜多羅法住記》，顯示其有意回應新舊學義理競爭的局勢，並轉而靈活運用中國道教文化資源，在“交涉”與“融合”中化解中土佛教作爲“邊地”的文化焦慮，最終建構出具有地方特色的佛教聖地與羅漢形象，體現佛教在地化與跨文化轉譯的深度與多樣性。

The concept of the Arhat originated in India and, upon its transmission to China, gradually evolved into a religious figure capable of miraculous response and divine manifestation. This paper examines the narratives of Arhats and sacred temples in Scroll third of Ji Shenzhou Sanbao Gantong Lu (Records of Miraculous Responses to the Three Treasures in China) , compiled by Daoxuan (596—667), through both religious and literary perspectives. By citing scriptures such as the Entry into the Mahāyāna Sūtra (Ru Dasheng Lun), translated by Dharmakṣema in the Northern Liang, Daoxuan reinterprets the tripartite cosmological framework …

2025-12-01 Caudill Connection, Morehead State University. Caudill College Of Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences.

Caudill Connection

Caudill Connection newsletter for December of 2025.

Reading Between Lines: Mapping El Orinoco Ilustrado, Guillermo Pupo Pernet

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines El Orinoco Ilustrado (EOI) by Joseph Gumilla as a layered textual and cartographic artifact central to the production of colonial knowledge in the Orinoco River basin. Moving beyond surface narratives of evangelization and exploration, it interrogates the sombras and silencios implanted in the Jesuit chronicle. Through an intradisciplinary approach combining literary analysis, archival research, and visual studies, the study reveals how EOI helped construct imperial visions of space, race, and resource extraction in eighteenth-century Spanish America. The dissertation is structured around six chapters. Chapter One outlines a theoretical framework. Chapter Two provides a longue durée historical context, …

Knowing One's Place At The Table: Taste As A Means Of Othering In The American Colonies, 1700-1775, Nicholas Harp

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

This thesis began as an inquiry into a simple question. How did people in the American colonies talk about the food that they ate? This question led to a fascinating look into the social dynamics of the people living in eighteenth century America. Their own personal writings demonstrate how they understood their place in society through the food that they ate. Moreover, they often wrote about the way that other people ate in ways that alienated or discriminated against different ethnic groups. A look into the secondary historiography revealed that other historians had noticed this trend. However, very few addressed …