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Designing for equality: how a social design approach can make a difference

Designing for equality: how a social design approach can make a difference Inequality has become increasingly entrenched in society and as such it is difficult to motivate people that change is possible or even desirable. This normalisation is partially the result of a widespread tolerance of the social condition and the often esoteric presentation of the situation to the public. This article focuses on the issues of public communication and the naturalisation of social disparity, and argues that social design is capable of introducing disruptive strategies and tools to elicit change and achieve greater engagement and knowledge. To examine the potential of such an approach, the article uses examples of social design projects to demonstrate how situations of disparity can be positively impacted in various contexts. It is suggested that social design is capable of innovating disruptive processes and communication strategies by challenging normalised structures and ideas. Keywords: social design; inequality; public communication; disruptive strategies; community engagement. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Kennedy, C.M. (2016) `Designing for equality: how a social design approach can make a difference', Int. J. Arts and Technology, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp.187­198. Biographical notes: Colin M. Kennedy currently lectures in the Development Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington. He has http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Arts and Technology Inderscience Publishers

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Publisher
Inderscience Publishers
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
ISSN
1754-8853
eISSN
1754-8861
DOI
10.1504/IJART.2016.078608
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Abstract

Inequality has become increasingly entrenched in society and as such it is difficult to motivate people that change is possible or even desirable. This normalisation is partially the result of a widespread tolerance of the social condition and the often esoteric presentation of the situation to the public. This article focuses on the issues of public communication and the naturalisation of social disparity, and argues that social design is capable of introducing disruptive strategies and tools to elicit change and achieve greater engagement and knowledge. To examine the potential of such an approach, the article uses examples of social design projects to demonstrate how situations of disparity can be positively impacted in various contexts. It is suggested that social design is capable of innovating disruptive processes and communication strategies by challenging normalised structures and ideas. Keywords: social design; inequality; public communication; disruptive strategies; community engagement. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Kennedy, C.M. (2016) `Designing for equality: how a social design approach can make a difference', Int. J. Arts and Technology, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp.187­198. Biographical notes: Colin M. Kennedy currently lectures in the Development Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington. He has

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International Journal of Arts and TechnologyInderscience Publishers

Published: Jan 1, 2016

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