Co-Design + Social Interventions
Co-Design + Social Interventions
An introduction to practical tools, theories, and approaches to radical, large-scale social and environmental shifts.
Objective & Outcomes
This course will equip students with the knowledge to understand and leverage participatory design approaches within design research traditions.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to evaluate and articulate the advantages, disadvantages, and features of different co-design approaches and apply them across a variety of domains, topics, and issues.
Typical Schedule
- Session 1: Team Formation
- Session 2: System Mapping: Stakeholders & power dynamics
- Session 3: Ethnography
- Session 4: Secondary Research
- Session 5: Synthesis & Re-Framing
- Session 6: Opportunity Areas
- Session 7: Theories of Change & Intervention Methods
- Session 8: Prototyping
- Session 9: Pivoting
- Session 10: Team Feedback & Insights
- Session 11: Team Feedback & Insights
- Session 12: Team Feedback & Insights
- Session 13: Presentations
- Session 14: Presentations