THIS IS BEI: 三月 2013

2013年3月25日星期一

STATISTICS

Each user use this app for more than 3 months, the page below will appear.

The bar graphs below show the changes of dress, climate, household, entertainment, language, food and others from Jan to Dec in 2012.

Dress

Entertainment

Food

Language

others

Household

Climate

2013年3月20日星期三

It divided these 15 faces into 5 stages from happy to angry like ecstatic, gleeful, clam, anxiety and angry. In the 'statistics' page, the numbers in vertical axis of the line graph, 10, 5, 0, -5, -10 represent ecstatic, gleeful, clam, anxiety and angry respectively.

The most popular message for each tag will be updated the 'NEWS' page next time.

2013年3月12日星期二

Abstract

A significant problem associated with the increasing number of international student is that many Chinese students can’t integrate themselves into the local life because of culture shock. This project makes a point of using the ‘w’ curve of the experience of culture shock in my research, and discusses and analyses different ways of presenting it, inviting people to participate in the project to achieve the empathy and helping them raise awareness. It focuses on Chinese students and other people who are interested in Chinese international students’ culture shock. Another aim is to define what the Chinese students’ culture shock is, and show how they deal with it, and improving their state of living in a foreign country.

Keywords

Culture shock, participatory design, Chinese students, App, ‘W’ curve

Research question:

How can participatory design raise awareness of culture shock?