Design for Social Impact
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How can we get a real understanding of low-literacy? Can social factors shape people's choices?
Join us in discussing how we can design for social impact and having the user's needs at the top of our mind.
SCHEDULE
18:30 - Doors open. Dinner & Drinks
19.00-19.15 - LTUX Introduction
19.15-20:00 - UX research into low-literacy by Sophie Boonen
20:10-21:00 - Beyond Rational Energy Market by Abhigyan Singh
21:00-22:00 - Socialize
ATTENTION: We'll close the RSVP 24hs before the event because Amazon will identify everyone due to security reasons.
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TALKS
Beyond Rational Energy Market by Abhigyan Singh
The talk will report on ‘Beyond Rational Energy Market,’ an interactive visualization that served multiple purposes and diverse roles in an anthropology-through-design (AtD) study. The AtD study explored how various sociocultural factors shape people’s choices when they are given control to exchange locally produced renewable energy within their neighborhoods. The interactive visualization showcases ethnographic data collected for 11 months, comprising of around 1200 energy exchanges between 27 energy-receiving households and one energy-giving household in rural India. The visualization was exhibited at Mind-the-Step exhibition at Dutch Design Week 2017.
UX research into low-literacy by Sophie Boonen
Trying out a new recipe or planning a journey with public transport are things many of us take for granted. But this is not the case for the 2,5 million people in the Netherlands who struggle with reading and writing. Low-literacy forms an obstacle to their everyday activities and can lead to greater problems such as poor health and poverty. In order to reach these people and improve their lives, we have to get a deep understanding of their daily reality. But how can we get a real understanding of low-literacy, when reading and writing is so normal to us? In this talk I will share our research into this topic and explain how we tackled this difficult challenge.
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SPEAKERS
Sophie Boonen is service designer at Muzus, where she works on design research projects within the social domain. Sophie loves to dive into people’s daily life and use their stories as a basis for innovation. Think of improved services for homeless people, opportunities for children in poverty or better transportation for physically challenged travelers. Next to her work at Muzus she also organizes This Happened Rotterdam, a quarterly meetup for interaction designers.
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/sophieboonen/
Abhigyan Singh is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft. He identifies himself as a trans-disciplinary researcher who explores the mutual confluence of design, anthropology, and energy studies. Earlier in 2019, he defended his PhD dissertation, ‘Conceptualizing inter-household energy exchanges: an anthropology-through-design approach’ at TU Delft. His educational background comprises of Master of Arts in New Media Design from Aalto University’s School of Arts and Design, Finland and bachelor’s degree in Information and Communication Technology from DAIICT, India.
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/agsingh/
SPONSOR
Amazon
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Address: Ringdijk 99, 1097 AH Amsterdam.
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