2012年11月9日星期五

Research Paper Abstract_bei



Research question:
How can participatory design raise awareness?
Introduction:
I am fascinated by the current massive global migration, and how it affects the way we behave and interact. My project works on the experience of Chinese international immigration begging to be understood. Also, it focuses on general people who do not understand Chinese international students' culture shock. Participatory design for me is an active and genuine way or challenge to understand this rapidly changing society. It is a unique and exciting medium that takes the new form of story telling into a universal and persuasive format to a large audience.


Purpose:
Through participation projects, establishing platforms for social interaction. The give and take between audience and designer becomes an ongoing conversation in order to raise awareness.

Outline:
1\ To research what is culture shock.
   Background:
why am I interested in 'culture shock'?


  Define Culture Shock
   Two concepts    à      Culture surprise and Culture Shock 
                                 Surface level aspects & Deeper aspects
   Is Culture Shock the positive or negative?

2\ To interview Chinese international students how culture shock affect their life.
   Is it especially hard on the students from China/Japan/Asia?
   Do the European students suffer culture shock to the same degree?
   How can they identity the stage they are in?
(To draw our own 'W' curve.)

3\ To interview general people how they think about culture shock.

4\ To research what is the participatory design.
   Why is participatory design the best method in my project?

5\ To research the difference between 'participation' and 'participatory design'.

6\ To analyse the examples of participatory design work how they raise awareness.

Keywords- Chinese international immigration, culture shock, culture surprise, the definition of participatory design, design participation, audience, raise awareness, active empathy 

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