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Common ground

Leijdekkers, Judith (2020) In Diploma work IDEM05 20201
Industrial Design
Abstract
A designer who engages in social problems is often an outsider, intervening in an environment with existing social structures. How can a designer contribute to finding durable solutions for social problems? What are the responsibilities of a social designer? And what role do power differences play? These questions were explored both theoretically and practically. The first by comparing social design to the field of conflict resolution, which studies how mediators could intervene in conflict areas. The latter by working and living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Amsterdam in collaboration with the collective Cascoland.
The result is a list of principles, based of observations and experiences in the field. Most of them seem obvious, but... (More)
A designer who engages in social problems is often an outsider, intervening in an environment with existing social structures. How can a designer contribute to finding durable solutions for social problems? What are the responsibilities of a social designer? And what role do power differences play? These questions were explored both theoretically and practically. The first by comparing social design to the field of conflict resolution, which studies how mediators could intervene in conflict areas. The latter by working and living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Amsterdam in collaboration with the collective Cascoland.
The result is a list of principles, based of observations and experiences in the field. Most of them seem obvious, but in practice they are applied or even discussed too little. The principles are not meant as rules. Rather, they are a starting point for a discussion about the role and responsibilities of social designers when entering a context as an outsider. (Less)
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author
Leijdekkers, Judith
supervisor
organization
alternative title
What social design can learn from conflict resolution
course
IDEM05 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
publication/series
Diploma work
report number
ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--20/50468SE
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ISRN
language
English
id
9008169
date added to LUP
2020-04-23 16:18:09
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2020-04-23 16:18:09
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  abstract     = {{A designer who engages in social problems is often an outsider, intervening in an environment with existing social structures. How can a designer contribute to finding durable solutions for social problems? What are the responsibilities of a social designer? And what role do power differences play? These questions were explored both theoretically and practically. The first by comparing social design to the field of conflict resolution, which studies how mediators could intervene in conflict areas. The latter by working and living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Amsterdam in collaboration with the collective Cascoland.
The result is a list of principles, based of observations and experiences in the field. Most of them seem obvious, but in practice they are applied or even discussed too little. The principles are not meant as rules. Rather, they are a starting point for a discussion about the role and responsibilities of social designers when entering a context as an outsider.}},
  author       = {{Leijdekkers, Judith}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{Common ground}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}