Abstract
Cultural sensitivity is an important issue in design and not only about dealing with cultural diversity, but also about designing for cultural dilemmas that are related to multi-cultural contexts. This paper is concerned with cultural sensitivity and presents students’ perspectives, which were obtained through workshops. For this aim at first workshops on cultural sensitivity in design were briefly introduced. Then the last workshop, which was performed in Kish Island (Iran) at University of Tehran, was explained and some design results were presented through illustration. 70 design students with different backgrounds and nationalities participated. In order to obtain the students’ perspectives, an online questionnaire was sent to them. The mix of open and closed questions was related to students’ learning experiences. The results were categorised into five themes that arose from the open questions. The findings indicate that students had a fruitful experience in the workshop and obtained a large amount of knowledge and experience regarding cultural sensitivity, not only through the workshop approach and teaching style, but also through the international character and its socials aspects.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education |
Subtitle of host publication | Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019 |
Editors | Erik Bohemia, Ahmed Kovacevic, Lyndon Buck, Ross Brisco, Dorothy Evans, Hilary Grierson, William Ion, Robert Ian Whitfield |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-912254-05-7 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2019: the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2019) - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Sep 2019 → 13 Sep 2019 https://www.designsociety.org/publication/42217/DS+95%3A+Proceedings+of+the+21st+International+Conference+on+Engineering+and+Product+Design+Education+%28E%26PDE+2019%29%2C+University+of+Strathclyde%2C+Glasgow.+12th+-13th+September+2019 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019 |
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Conference
Conference | 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2019 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Glasgow |
Period | 12/09/19 → 13/09/19 |
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Keywords
- Culture sensitivity
- Design education
- Design methods
- International design workshops