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3/8/13 Problem: Design for Social Change aims at improving current social, economic or environmental conditions. Social innovators work with communities to understand their needs, rework systems, change attitudes and behaviors. An important element to most behavioral change theories is the … Continue reading →

•    While I had big ideas about changing community’s perceptions, Prof. Susan Falls looked at the topic as a researcher and she could immediately identify the potential problems – lack of solid evidence for the premise that people from the … Continue reading →

Prof. Susan Falls Interview Feb. 21, 2013, SCAD, Arnold Hall Background: Prof. Susan Falls is a professor in the Liberal Arts department at SCAD (http://www.scad.edu/general-education/faculty.cfm). She is an anthropologist and has done extensive research on the hand-painted signs in Savannah. … Continue reading →

Armstrong , Helen. Stojmirovic, Zvezdana. Participate, Designing with User-Generated Content. New York: Princeton Architectural Press , 2011. Print. The book discusses four different aspects of participatory design – Community, Modularity, Flexibility and Technology. It provides numerous use cases, has interviews … Continue reading →

After a new round of mind-mapping and free writing I was able to further narrow my topic.  Below is my Concept Map and my Problem-Question-Purpose summary. I realize it still needs work and I will appreciate any comments and suggestions. … Continue reading →

After a week of reading, taking notes, asking questions and mind mapping, I came up with the following Thesis Proposal. I found shaping my ideas using the Problem-Question-Purpose framework very helpful.           Problem: Design for Social … Continue reading →

Use 400lb Baby project, do research about similar projects and come up with insights that add to the greater discourse on design for social impact.           (click to enlarge) – Talk about building trust. Hold interviews … Continue reading →

From Like to Act             (click to enlarge) -  What does it take for people to move from passively liking something to actually doing something, analyze our experience with 400lb Baby and compare to other … Continue reading →

Building Trust/ Lessening Apprehension in the Community When Working on a  Public Art/ Design for Social Change Project (click to enlarge) – Define public art/ design for social change – Forms of distrust/ apprehension that we encountered during the various … Continue reading →