Storytelling for intercultural dialogue: Experience design with unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan
2018 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
This project explores storytelling tools for the collaborative work with persons in vulnerable situation, in this case, a group of unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan, living in Umeå, Sweden.
The concept presented is the prototype of an eating experierence, BAHAM bolani: An idea for a social company where the participants are active into creating their own possibilities to stay in Sweden. With their own stories, they fill in the gap of how unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers are depicted in the dominant narrative. It is them providing meaning to the design concept.
The theoretical approach is from a decolonising and feminist point of view, with collaborative design methods.
In the discussion, I debate the need of more listening tools for the design community based on these theories, because they allow the designer to challenge their own cultural assumptions, and meet the participants in a more humble and equal way, especially when working with persons in vulnerable situations.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle , 2018. , p. 57
Keywords [en]
interaction design, social innovation, feminism, experience design, codesign, decolonising theories
National Category
Humanities and the Arts
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22667Local ID: 25435OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-22667DiVA, id: diva2:1482598
Educational program
KS K3 Interaction Design (master)
Supervisors
Examiners
2020-10-272020-10-27Bibliographically approved