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Cross-Device System Design Based On Stylized 3d Map For Intangible Cultural Heritage In Yunnan Of China, Chenxin Zhang, Shan Wang, Ziyun Tang, Luojue Li, Xukun Shen

IASDR Conference Series

Yunnan Province boasts a rich cultural heritage, owing to its unique geographical location, topographical environment, and multi-ethnic background. However, existing digital preservation methods have limitations in presenting a large volume of information about Yunnan's intangible cultural heritage (ICH) to a global audience in a visually appealing way. In response, we propose a stylized 3D map-based approach that incorporates Yunnan's natural environment to display a substantial amount of ICH information. Our information visualization design aims to enhance users' interest and understanding of the ICH. To provide a more engaging experience and to cover more application scenarios, we designed a Cross-device Display …

(Im)Mobile Gendered Identities: The Relationship Between Mobility And Identity, Krity Gera

IASDR Conference Series

Cities are places of contestation where individuals and groups act in specific ways to access resources and opportunities. Mobility enables individuals to access these different resources. This paper explores the impact of spatial mobility on changing identities of urban marginalized women (UMW) from the peri-urban areas of Delhi, India. It examines the relationship between mobilities and identities through relevant literature supported by a study extracted from an extensive ethnographic research on daily mobilities of UMW. Unstructured interviews and GPS path tracking are used as methods of data collection. The analysis of the acquired data presents mobility as an intertwined phenomenon …

Developing Future Kitchen For Older Adults: A Model And Participatory Design Approach Based On Literature Review And Ethics Framework, Zhidiankui Xu, Hua Dong

IASDR Conference Series

The kitchen is a vital space in households and is closely related to the health and well-being of older adults. With the continuous development of technology and society, the future kitchen faces more challenges and opportunities. How to create a future kitchen suitable for older adults through design has become a pressing issue. Informed by literature review and inspired by a latest ethics framework for ageing research, this paper proposed a model for future kitchen design for older adults. Furthermore, a preliminary participatory design method combining design metaphors and enactment is proposed to help participants understand and express their relationship …

Speculating Gender In Conversational Interfaces, Patrizia Marti, Stefano Varlaro

IASDR Conference Series

The paper investigates gender biases and stereotypes in the design of conversational interfaces such as chatbots and virtual assistants. Recently the topic has received a growing attention in the design community. In our research, we focus on the issue of the lack of diversity and viewpoints that may unintentionally create services that are biased towards a particular group of users, while ignoring the needs and perspectives of others. To address this issue, we organised a speculative design workshop inviting 9 people with different gender and sexual identity to reflect on gender biases in conversational interfaces with the ultimate objective of …

Study On The Development Strategy Of Huishan Clay Figurine From The Perspective Of Urban Symbolism-Taking The Design Strategy Of Nanimomo Blind Box Series As An Example, Tiancheng Li, Bo Pang

IASDR Conference Series

Huishan clay sculpture has existed for more than a century and is facing the same difficult development dilemma as many other intangible cultural heritages that are difficult to sustain. The reason behind this is the gap in understanding between its practitioners and modern design, which makes it difficult to integrate effectively into modern life. In this study, by analyzing the current state of Huishan Clay Figurines and corresponding revitalization measures, Analytic Hierarchy Process（AHP）was used to analyze the weight of the relevant factors affecting their development, and the Moscow Law framework was utilized to position the existing measures. It was concluded …

Applying Generative Art To Cultural And Creative Product Design To Construct Human-Product Relationship, Dihui Chu, Fangzhou Dong, Wenyu Wu, Xuan Wang

IASDR Conference Series

Tourism cultural and creative products aim to highlight a city’s image and cultural characteristics. With the development of design forms, designers pay attention to how to apply new methods to cultural and creative design. As a frontier research method, the application of generative art to cultural and creative design can broaden the boundary of design, enrich design style and explore more possible products. This article introduces a case of applying generative art and color theory to the design of tourism cultural and creative products, which shows a new idea of cultural and creative product design, retaining the impression of the …

Study On The Status Quo And Sustainable Renewal Strategies Of The Zhoutie Historic District In Wuxi, China, Ren Zhou, Weimin Guo

IASDR Conference Series

The renovation of old historical blocks is currently receiving much attention in China's urban construction and development, and how to protect the traditional texture and sustainable development has become a research issue. This article takes the historical block of Zhoutie in Wuxi, China as the research site. Through field research methods, the current situation of old historical blocks is studied from the outside to the inside, and three characteristics of old blocks are summarized: the first point is that the relationship between new and old buildings inside and outside the historical blocks is fragmented, and some groups are updated to …

Exploring A Framework In Designing Smart Circular Ecosystems In The Waterborne Passenger Mobility, Laura Pirrone, Andrea Ratti, Arianna Bionda

IASDR Conference Series

The emergence of climate change is affecting society, economy, and businesses around the world. To tackle this issue, the European Commission has introduced a series of legislative measures aimed at achieving climate neutrality in the EU by 2050. The whole transport sector will have to make a significant endeavor to achieve the goal. In recent years, waterborne public transport services have become an integral component of urban landscapes in numerous cities worldwide. Waterborne mobility can constitute a sustainable alternative in terms of energy consumption, noise, and pollution emissions. It reduces traffic congestion both on roads and on the railroad, supporting …

Techno-Social Correlations In Responsive Environments, Jan Torpus, Jonas Kellermeyer, José Navarro, Sophie Kellner, Thomas Ryser

IASDR Conference Series

This paper is based on the developments of an interdisciplinary research project (government funded, 2019-23) investigating the correlations between people and responsive environments. By staging different characteristics of Ubiquitous Computing in an interactive installation and evaluating them with participants, we aim to gain insights into human perception and behavior towards embedded sensor actuator systems. The design approach is based on strategies of New Media Arts and Speculative Design. By evaluating 50 subjects with a mixed-methods approach, techno-social contexts and issues such as sense-making, agency, and attitude are explored. The focus of this paper is on the development and impact of …

Co-Designing Strategic Ritual In Craft Beer: Churches, Denominations, Sects, And Mystics, Ian Parkman, David Turnbloom, Samuel Holloway

IASDR Conference Series

This study explores the co-design of strategic rituals by craft breweries and their customers. As many marketplaces have become increasingly overly-saturated, organizations have struggled to create meaningful connections between themselves and customers. Ritual consumption is a potentially powerful method to maintain strong customer relationships and reinforce differentiation. Drawing on the concept of co-design, described as a process of ‘joint inquiry and imagination’ whereby ‘problem and solution coevolve’, our exploratory study employs case study methodology to clarify how strategic rituals are co-designed by customers and organizations in the craft beer industry of the US Pacific Northwest. Specifically, drawing on the Sociology …

Decolonizing Creativity In The Digital Era, Laura Herman, Payal Arora

IASDR Conference Series

This paper explores the importance of decolonizing creativity in the digital era within the context of the platformised creator economy. We argue that technology has largely been designed for Western audiences by Western audiences, thereby overlooking an enormous segment of global Internet users who exist outside of the Global North. To take a truly inclusive approach to design research, it is imperative to consider local impacts and vernacular realities of designed platforms. Therefore, we share the results of fieldwork conducted with young people in India to produce a non-Western, decolonial perspective on digital creativity and algorithmic cultures. In sharing these …

Meet Me At The Local Shop: Designing Community Anchors For Customer Engagement, Eunji Woo, Chorong Kim, Hyejin Kwon, Yedam Ryu, Youngok Choi, Ki-Young Nam

IASDR Conference Series

Design plays a vital role in facilitating community-building by triggering interpersonal social interactions, enhancing a sense of attachment, and connecting individuals. This study aims to identify how local creators are currently casting community anchors for their customers and explore design opportunities to further enhance these practices. First, a literature review is conducted to establish the significance and concepts of ‘local creators’, ‘community anchors’ and ‘level of customer engagement’. Subsequently, 40 practical cases are thematically analysed to identify which and how local creators cast community anchors to engage customers for community-building. Consequently, fourteen types of community anchors and five ways of …

Design And The Reframing Of Participatory Approaches In Cultural Heritage And Museums Beyond Pandemic Crisis, Eleonora Lupo

IASDR Conference Series

The paper aims at reframing the concept of participatory approaches in Cultural Heritage to rethink and re-design, in an long–term perspective and taking in account the lesson learnt in the post-covid recovery and the post-digital scenario, the role, competences and modes of collaborations of museums and their community of stakeholders. It discusses the participatory paradigm in CH proposing a ‘participatory continuum of phygital proximity’ based on the concept of museums ‘ecosystem’, to re-consider the conventional participatory rhetoric and drive digital transformations and organisational changes with a long-term perspective.

Design Fiction And The Art Of Anticipation, Eva Knutz, Thomas Markussen

IASDR Conference Series

In this paper we show how design fiction is a form of design inquiry that offers methods for understanding and reacting towards intractable societal challenges. More specifically we unravel how narrative and literary practices of world-making used in design fiction can be of value for researching life changing, but unknown futures. We argue that this contribution has been largely overlooked because design fiction is too often wrongly caught up in discussions of the limitations of speculative design. Additionally, we substantiate our claim by making a study of Design Futures courses addressing the challenge of unknown energy futures in an era …

Changing Organizations And Policies: Equipping Design For Systemic Transformation, Marzia Mortati, Sabrina Bresciani, Eui Young Kim, Sabine Junginger

IASDR Conference Series

The track [Changing] Organizations and Policies of the 2023 IASDR conference encompasses 30 original papers that revolve around four main contributions of design in this domain: (1) design for public sector innovation; (2) transformative design for organizational change and customer experience; (3) design for social and environmental impact; and (4) theoretical explorations, positions, and methodological approaches. These key clusters and related papers are described in detail; discussion points are provided on how the resulting research agendas might be addressed to move the field forward.

Relational Design Practices In Design For Social Innovation: A Place-Centred Approach, Annalinda De Rosa, Marco Andrea Finardi, Valentina Auricchio

IASDR Conference Series

This paper reflects on how relational art can contribute to participatory approaches in design for social innovation research and practices applied in community engagement processes towards the regeneration of commons in rural contexts. Inland areas, small towns far from large urban centres, today face urgent challenges to counter the process of abandonment and devaluation. The loss of primary services such as schools and the exodus to the cities increase their fragility. In the wake of the pandemic, many reflections on the role of public space have emerged: the recovery of a renewed human scale dimension and the need to manage …

From Bio-Inspired Design To Microbiology-Inspired Design: A Conceptual Model-Based Case Study On Biological Materials Informed By Emotions, Nurul 'Ayn Ahmad Sayuti, Zidong Lin, Bjorn Sommer

IASDR Conference Series

Bio-inspired design techniques utilise or adapt natural components into designs or technologies to solve diverse challenges. This project focuses on the conceptualisation of the application of micro-level biological materials in furniture designs. Previous studies that investigated why designers incorporate biological materials into their designs informed the assessment of potential consumers’ perspective and opinion on designs incorporating biological materials following an emotional design approach. A survey involving over 200 participants revealed that biological materials closely related to biotechnology elicited significantly less positive emotional responses compared to more familiar household material, such as decorative plants. Therefore, this work explores new perspectives for …

Fictional Brand Design. Evolution, Strategies, And An Attempt To A History Of Visual Identities In Audiovisual Narratives., Francesco E. Guida, Lorenzo Bernini

IASDR Conference Series

Brands tell stories to affirm their values, positioning, and identity. They tell stories that allow people to recognise themselves in them, to share them, to feel part of them. That occurs in the real world as in the world of fiction. The term fictional branding refers to the design and use of brands that do not refer to any existing service, product, company or organisation. They can include any brand referring to products or commercial services, political institutions, military organisations, and more. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive look at the topic through historical and theoretical research and analyse …

The Future Archives: A Speculative Approach For Visualising The Impacts Of 6g-Enabled Infrastructure In Japan, Georgia Mackenzie, Federico Trucchia, Hemal Dias

IASDR Conference Series

6G-enabled technologies are set to become an integral part of the infrastructure within the next decade. This paper provides a speculative design-based approach to shape future technology development. We do this by leveraging current technologies to simulate future network capabilities. Specifically, we focus on how the 6G network could transform mobility in Japan. We begin with an overview of the country’s societal macro trends, the current state of technologies, and the expected novel capabilities of 6G. We then introduce four scenarios, used as the basis for developing two types of outcomes. These include physical prototypes to simulate novel interactions enabled …

Hitonami (人波): Speculative Design For Overcrowded Mobility Arenas In The 6g Era, Yaara Schattner, Tom Reznikov, Yuri Klebanov, Guy Blander, Niv Yashar, Tal Nisim, Adi Simon, Naomi Slaney, Romi Mikulinsky

IASDR Conference Series

The future of urban mobility is expected to experience significant changes with the introduction of emerging technologies: non-human actors, immersive experiences, and location accuracy. Speculative design processes that enable walkable urban environments will become critical for sustainable and inclusive cities. This paper explores challenges and opportunities in designing walkability for Japanese train stations, known for unique features and high density. The paper proposes a framework for improving walkability using a multicultural approach that combines field research with speculative design tactics and lo-fi prototyping. The proposed framework leverages collective movement models and design paradigms to enhance individual and collective walkability. The …

Tools For A Warming Planet, Beth Ferguson, Sara Dean

IASDR Conference Series

We live on a planet in flux--warming waters and land, chaotic weather, and unknown futures. Our adaptability and ingenuity are crucial to our collective survival, and our planet’s ability to thrive. In response to this condition, innovative new tools for understanding, engaging, and responding to our current and future environment are needed. Tools for a Warming Planet is a crowd-sourced collection of 50 tools that engage in the urgency of climate change. This community archive and living lab was created by using print and digital submission tools shared by a variety of art, design, and cultural institutions. The collection represents …

Pedagogy Of Experimental Design: Scientific Research Methods In Architectural Education, Assia Crawford

IASDR Conference Series

Bio-design is a growing field in architecture that focuses on integrating biological processes and systems into the design of buildings and urban environments. This approach draws inspiration from nature and seeks to create sustainable and regenerative structures that can adapt to changing environmental conditions. Architecture students are increasingly becoming involved in the design and execution of bio-design experiments, leveraging their interdisciplinary knowledge and design skills to create innovative solutions that integrate biology and design principles. This allows students to explore new avenues of research and to develop a deeper understanding of the intersection between design and the natural world. This …

Growing Entrepreneurial Communities, Mark Bannister, Justin W. Evans

Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship

A pioneering segment of economic development practitioners, entrepreneurs, and scholars have advocated moving away from industrial recruitment and attraction programs to instead focus on designing vibrant systems for starting and growing businesses as a strategic approach for creating jobs, affluence, and community vitality. This article considers the lessons learned from “the largest focus group in economic development”—the 2016 Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit. The findings from this study are among the first to report the input from a broad spectrum of thought leaders including entrepreneurs, practitioner experts, and academics on creating entrepreneurial communities reflecting a strong consensus on processes and …

New Frontiers 2022-2023, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Office Of Graduate Studies And Research

New Frontiers

New Frontiers 2022-2023 Features:

• Transcending Boundaries - Hui Liew
• Mindfulness in Motion - Shannon Mulhearn
• Masker's Mission - John Masker
• Unveiling Untold Narratives - Laurinda Weisse
• Master's Motivation - Tanya Woodward
• Designing Better Spaces - Dana Vaux
• Tackling Teacher Shortage - Aprille Phillips
• Creating Connections - Marisa May
• Watering New Ideas - Brad Modlin
• Hollywood Story - Ahna Packard

Review Of Wild Sound: Maryanne Amacher And The Tenses Of Audible Life, By Amy Cimini, Charissa Noble

Music: Faculty Scholarship

The first book dedicated to the life and work of composer Maryanne Amacher (1938- 2009), Wild Sound: Maryanne Amacher and the Tenses of Audible Life begins in medias res. Author Amy Cimini introduces us to Amacher by peering into one of her brainstorming sessions, depicting an imaginative scene set in the 1990s at Mills College. Cimini describes Amacher seated at her desk, passionately inscribing a “big quote” (announced in “heavy black Sharpie,” Cimini notes) from feminist scholar Donna Haraway’s Simians, Cyborgs and Women (1991): “I want a feminist writing….” Then, as Amacher ponders the quote’s implications for her own creative …

Leveraging National And Global Political Determinants Of Health To Promote Equity In Cancer Care, Edward Christopher Dee, Michelle Ann B. Eala, Janine Patricia G. Robredo, Duvern Ramiah, Anne Hubbard, Frances Dominique V. Ho, Richard Sullivan, Ajay Aggarwal, Christopher M. Booth, Gerardo D. Legaspi, Paul L. Nguyen, C. S. Pramesh, Surbhi Grover

Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Publications

Health and politics are deeply intertwined. In the context of national and global cancer care delivery, political forces-the political determinants of health-influence every level of the cancer care continuum. We explore the "3-I" framework, which structures the upstream political forces that affect policy choices in the context of actors' interests, ideas, and institutions, to examine how political determinants of health underlie cancer disparities. Borrowing from the work of PA Hall, M-P Pomey, CJ Ho, and other thinkers, interests are the agendas of individuals and groups in power. Ideas represent beliefs or knowledge about what is or what should be. Institutions …

Chapter Iii — The Ethiopian Forces Of Survival, Messay Kebede

Ethiopian Modernization: Opportunities and Derailments

To account for the protracted endurance of Ethiopia, the last chapter hinted at two requisites, namely, a system of power suited for defense and the sense of shouldering a mandate. Such a successful record, in addition to presupposing a robust and effective ability for self-defense, necessitates a leadership that feels entrusted with a mission. From a cursory examination of Ethiopian history, one can confidently surmise that, at least until the overthrow of the last emperor, Ethiopia survived for so long thanks to a system of power that was protective of survival and bearer of a mission. The system rested on …

Big Avalanches In A Changing Climate: Using Tree-Ring Derived Avalanche Chronologies To Examine Avalanche Frequency Across Multiple Climate Types, Erich H. Peitzsch, Gregory Pederson, Justin Martin, Eran Hood, Ethan Greene, Kelly Elder Birkeland, Gabriel Wolken, Nick Kichas, Daniel Stahle, John R. Harley

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Large-magnitude snow avalanches pose a hazard to humans and infrastructure worldwide. Analyzing the spatiotemporal behavior of avalanches and the contributory climate factors is important for understanding historical variability in climate-avalanche relationships as well as improving avalanche forecasting. This study uses established dendrochronological methods to develop long-term regional avalanche chronologies for three different climate types: high-latitude maritime climate of southeast Alaska, intermountain climate of the northern Rocky Mountains, and continental climate of Colorado. In the maritime study area, we collected 434 cross sections throughout six avalanche paths near Juneau, Alaska. This resulted in 2706 identified avalanche growth disturbances between year 1720 …

Chapter Iv — Eurocentric Versus Ethio-Centric Approaches To Ethiopia’S Modernization Lag: The Concept Of Derailment, Messay Kebede

Ethiopian Modernization: Opportunities and Derailments

After studying the link between survival and modernization, the next logical step is to provide concrete answers to the question of why Ethiopia’s impressive record of survival failed to initiate a successful process of modernization. In fact, the greater the resolution to survive, the more determined should have been the drive toward modernization. Yet, not only is Ethiopia still ranked among the poorest countries, but it is also entangled in numerous internal conflicts, the primary consequence of which is an unending political instability threatening its very existence. However, before delving into the reasons for the Ethiopian failure to modernize, we …

Private Patrolling At The Boundaries Of Public Duty, Kathleen M. Naccarato

Northwestern University Law Review

In the shadow of contemporary debates over police functions, funding, and accountability, a new form of preventative policing has proliferated. Improvement districts, most commonly associated with downtown revitalization efforts, increasingly served a new purpose—crime control. Communities dissatisfied with public police services have found that they may leverage improvement district tax revenues to hire off-duty police officers to patrol their neighborhoods. This trend has not been without controversy. Critics have contended that these semiprivate, semipublic police patrols create a two-tier system of public safety, allowing wealthy residents to privately purchase powers that belong to the public as a whole.

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