TY - GEN
T1 - Unmasking biases in design education
AU - van Boeijen, Annemiek G.C.
N1 - Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper presents two master graduation design projects that address unconscious biases (UB) in the context of design education related to two topics: gender and skin colour. In addition to their sensitivity to exclusion and injustice, two design students brought in their analytical, design research and creativity skills to find solutions for design education. The projects revealed UB regarding the two topics of both teachers and students. The databases with examples from the real world and a poster campaign helped them to unlock these biases, and to understand that implications of prejudice are critical. The developed model, method, and guidelines provided them with lenses to discover biases, and also to have opportunities to find solutions by design. Evaluation of training material showed the need to have a language to talk about these sensitive topics in a nuanced way. Finally, these cases show the possibility of involving students in the development of curricula that strive to unmask biases.
AB - This paper presents two master graduation design projects that address unconscious biases (UB) in the context of design education related to two topics: gender and skin colour. In addition to their sensitivity to exclusion and injustice, two design students brought in their analytical, design research and creativity skills to find solutions for design education. The projects revealed UB regarding the two topics of both teachers and students. The databases with examples from the real world and a poster campaign helped them to unlock these biases, and to understand that implications of prejudice are critical. The developed model, method, and guidelines provided them with lenses to discover biases, and also to have opportunities to find solutions by design. Evaluation of training material showed the need to have a language to talk about these sensitive topics in a nuanced way. Finally, these cases show the possibility of involving students in the development of curricula that strive to unmask biases.
KW - Biases
KW - design education
KW - diversity
KW - filter bubble
KW - gender
KW - inclusion
KW - skin tone
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142852580&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.designsociety.org/publication/45869/UNMASKING+BIASES+IN+DESIGN+EDUCATION
U2 - 10.35199/EPDE.2022.88
DO - 10.35199/EPDE.2022.88
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85142852580
T3 - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate and Transform, E and PDE 2022
BT - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
A2 - Bohemia, Erik
A2 - Buck, Lyndon
A2 - Grierson, Hilary
PB - The Design Society
T2 - 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Disrupt, Innovate, Regenerate and Transform, E and PDE 2022
Y2 - 8 September 2022 through 9 September 2022
ER -