Dialogue through design: visual communication across the cultural divide

Authors:
Kara Pecknold
Affiliations:
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper reports on the use of probes in a rural village in Rwanda. They were employed as a tool for dialogue and collaboration when working with underserved communities who do not share the same language and lack assumed technologies. The aim of this project was to invite a participant to engage in creative activities during the rituals of daily life in order to reveal ideas about improving the community. These activities were created to help a designer collaborate through a more democratic process and allow for the creativity of the underrepresented to surface when dealing with complex issues. The outcomes address how the probes can be used to sensitize a community for the next stages of a design process.