Design Thinking and Design Communication for Intercultural Conflict Management
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2022
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003227441-32
Abstract
At its heart, design is an iterative problem-solving activity that requires many different design types and emphases for optimal outcomes and sustainable solutions. Essential to effective and ethical design is progressive understanding of and skill-building in intercultural mediation approaches. Ideally, these approaches encourage critical empathy and appreciation of co-design communicative strategies with relevant stakeholders. Even so, singular design prototypes cannot provide long-lasting solutions for wicked problems, that is, those entangled socio-cultural, political, and economic challenges, like diversity and inclusion, in today's world. To create sustainable and iterative design process for such wicked problems, we recommend justice-oriented design communication for intercultural mediation.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Design Thinking and Design Communication for Intercultural Conflict Management, in D. Busch (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Intercultural Mediation, Routledge, p. 253-261
Scholar Commons Citation
Buzzanell, Patrice M.; Eddington, Sean; Pyatovskaya, Evgeniya; and Mestrovich Seay, Aliah, "Design Thinking and Design Communication for Intercultural Conflict Management" (2022). Communication Faculty Publications. 966.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/966
