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Designing Development - Case Study of an International Education and Outreach Program (Paperback)
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Designing Development - Case Study of an International Education and Outreach Program (Paperback)
Series: Synthesis Lectures on Global Engineering
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The creation of physical and material infrastructure is the
cornerstone of human development; not surprisingly, engineers and
designers are often motivated and inspired in their practice to
improve the world around them, to make things better for others,
and to apply their knowledge for the good of mankind. These
aspirations often get translated into engineering and design
curricula where students and faculty work on development related
projects usually under the category of community or service
learning. This book presents an overview of such an education and
outreach program designed to empower stakeholders to improve their
lives. The project described here was an international
multi-institutional undertaking that included academic
institutions, non-governmental organizations, and private firms.
Within the academic setting, an interdisciplinary set of actors
that included engineering and industrial design students and
faculty worked on the project. We concretize our work by presenting
a design case study that illustrates how different approaches can
help guide the works of engineers and designers as they create
global infrastructures and localized artifacts. We emphasize the
importance of developing long term relationships with organizations
on the ground in order to ensure appropriate design as well as
successful transfer and long term use of designed artifacts. We
discuss the life trajectories of the authors to provide a grounded
perspective on what motivated us to undertake this work and shaped
our approach with the intention to demonstrate that there are
multiple paths toward this goal. Table of Contents: Introduction /
Development of the Program: Personal Trajectories Meet Professional
Opportunities / Intellectual Positioning of the Program:
Sociomaterial Infrastructures and Capable and Convivial Design /
Case Study: Quick Response (QR) Code Based Immunization Solution /
Design for Development Course and Outreach Initiative / Conclusion:
Lessons Learned
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