DISCUSS THE ASSIGNED READINGS:“Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism?”
Traditional Humanitarian Aid is Vital
Let's take a look at some examples of Humanitarian Aid Design Approaches!
The Examples
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Traditional Humanitarian Aid is Vital
- What is Design Thinking? Stanford's D-School (designing for social systems)
- What is the first article's critique of it?
- What is the second article's point about humanitarian aid?
Let's take a look at some examples of Humanitarian Aid Design Approaches!
- Scope out the website you're assigned
- Find out who the organization is, what their mission statement and/or approach is
- Read about one of their initiatives/projects
- How do they use design thinking to try to address an issue related to development?
The Examples
- MIT's D-Lab
- Stanford's D-School's Impact-- Example with Noora Health
- IDEO.org
- Innovation and Design for Africa's Malnutrition Crisis
- Applying Design Thinking to Humanitarian Gender-Based Violence
- “How might we inspire medical professionals to be more willing, even excited, to provide contraceptive services to unmarried girls?” (READ THE SHORT ARTICLE AND CLICK ON THE LINK TO THE POPULATION SERVICE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION's WEBSITE)
- UNHCR Innovation Service
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- Reactions to this approach to development? Would you fund this project if you were a philanthropist?
- NPR Article: A 'Period' Movie Won The Oscar! So Why Are Some Menstrual Health Experts Ambivalent?