89304 Social Change Design
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Postgraduate
Result type: Grade and marksDescription
Designs enable people to live different sorts of lives, if they are developed out of deep understanding of those people or preferably with those people. This power can be used to develop new markets and to develop disadvantaged communities. This subject explores both commercial and social entrepreneurship by design. Participants learn a range of ways to negotiate cultural difference to access deeper understanding of marginal social practices. The subject focuses on a number of participatory design techniques, where designers act as facilitators of communities, helping them to identify and respond to their changing situations.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | The nature of non-commercial client-user-designer relations and the barriers to direct communication |
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| 2. | The nature of development work, social entrepreneurship and social design |
| 3. | The nature of participatory design |
| 4. | The processes of research for a particular user group |
| 5. | The methods of design in relation to human use, using action research and participatory processes within a context of social change |
Teaching and learning strategies
To be advised.
Content (topics)
This subject addresses some or all of the following issues and topics:
- Research and analysis of human behaviour in a private space;
- The issues and needs of people who live alone;
- The design of artefacts, space, systems or services to facilitate desired human behaviour;
- The communication of research and design findings;
- Processes of reflection on participatory design;
- The ethics of participation.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Social Change Agent Profile
| Weight: | 15% |
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Assessment task 2: Project Proposal and Seminar
| Weight: | 55% |
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Assessment task 3: Reflective Journal
| Weight: | 30% |
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