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Expanding awareness by inclusive communication design

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In this paper, we report the case of an Inclusive Design workshop. Inclusive Design is a design method that includes elderly and disabled people not only in interviews, but also in the upstream design process such as basic design and survey analysis. In the workshop, participants designed scientific educational materials that visually impaired and sighted people can use together. To work together regardless of visual disability, participants used the image-processing system and the stereo copying machine to make images tactile. We think that collaborative work with elderly and disabled people in Inclusive Design can teach participants different perspectives and help to correct their biased view of each other. In fact, participants of the workshop noticed several facts that they were not aware of before. That is, the Inclusive Design workshop can improve social awareness.

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  1. Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Kyoto, Japan

    T. Shiose, Y. Kagiyama, H. Kawakami & O. Katai

  2. Osaka Gakuin University, Kishibe-minami, Suita, Japan

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Shiose, T., Kagiyama, Y., Toda, K. et al. Expanding awareness by inclusive communication design. AI & Soc 25, 225–231 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-009-0246-x

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