Kara Pecknold

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Publications

  • Designing With Dinner

    DesignMind, frog

    Why you should incorporate food into design.

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  • The Collective Action Toolkit Quick Start Guide

    DesignMind, frog

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  • Empowering Communities, Creating Citizens

    DesignMind, frog

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  • Creating the Citizen Experience in Myanmar

    DesignMind, frog

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  • Using Visual Conversations to Bridge the Design Divide

    Current Design Research Journal: Emily Carr University of Art + Design

    This paper reports on a case study that investigated how a low-tech human-centered design process might more adequately prepare a rural community for future design solutions.

    During the study, activities were developed to help a designer pursue a visual conversation when working with individuals who do not share the same language or technology in order to discover their needs, assets, beliefs and desires. By introducing these adaptive tools in a development context at the early stages of…

    This paper reports on a case study that investigated how a low-tech human-centered design process might more adequately prepare a rural community for future design solutions.

    During the study, activities were developed to help a designer pursue a visual conversation when working with individuals who do not share the same language or technology in order to discover their needs, assets, beliefs and desires. By introducing these adaptive tools in a development context at the early stages of a design process, a designer is offered new insights. By collaborating with the community on this project, the next stages of the process can see improved focus in order to work toward the most appropriate and sustainable outcomes.

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  • Dialogue Through Design

    IDSA Innovation Journal

    An article that provides an overview of my design research in Rwanda.

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  • Dialogue through design: visual communication across the cultural divide

    ACM Digital Library

    This paper reports on the use of probes in a rural village in Rwanda. They were employed as a tool for dialogue and collaboration when working with underserved communities who do not share the same language and lack assumed technologies. The aim of this project was to invite a participant to engage in creative activities during the rituals of daily life in order to reveal ideas about improving the community. These activities were created to help a designer collaborate through a more democratic…

    This paper reports on the use of probes in a rural village in Rwanda. They were employed as a tool for dialogue and collaboration when working with underserved communities who do not share the same language and lack assumed technologies. The aim of this project was to invite a participant to engage in creative activities during the rituals of daily life in order to reveal ideas about improving the community. These activities were created to help a designer collaborate through a more democratic process and allow for the creativity of the underrepresented to surface when dealing with complex issues. The outcomes address how the probes can be used to sensitize a community for the next stages of a design process.

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  • TEDxVancouver Speaker

    TEDxVancouver

    I was honoured to be invited to speak at TEDxVancouver. Video: http://youtu.be/FjnGdiqk96Y

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