“How do we make sure that we are designing for a feeling of empowerment, inclusion, community, love, or beauty in these tough contexts?” —Jocelyn Wyatt, Chief Executive Officer of IDEO.org
Societies [urban and rural] face several challenges especially in the developing and emerging economies- that being said, some of the major issues include; Poverty, high infant mortality rates, poor infrastructure, low levels of education and overall low levels of economic activity that affects employment. To that end, you have been appointed by a task force of the world bank to identify opportunities on how to reframe one of the above mentioned issues.
To do so, you will have to select a developing country of your choice and use both theoretical and practical dimensions to provide a detailed analysis by answering the following questions:
What is the challenge?
What is driving or causing it?
What are the environmental factors prevalent?
Who are the people most impacted (general characteristics and main pains)? How do they behave?
Are there any unique circumstances that need to be identified?
How might we solve this challenge (initial thoughts and ideas on how this problem can be addressed)
To do so, you will have to prepare a 1500-2000-word report that utilizes a framework, design thinking principles, wide research, and your own interpretation of the critical issues necessary to address the underlying complexity. Note.
Students must define and offer a context of the initial challenge prior before trying to reframe it.
Any identified causes of the challenge MUST be qualified with data and statistics.
The intervention SHOULD be proactive in nature.
You are NOT expected to provide a persona and an empathy map for the selected target group.
Additional (editorial) requirements:
This paper should be a well-developed and edited 1500-2000 word text, using 1.0 vertical line-spacing, in MS Word format with 12 Times New Roman font with 1 inch margins.
Make sure you include your name, course, assignment name, date and number of words in the upper left corner of the first page of your submission.
If you decide to use any external sources, all external sources used must be cited in text and listed on the reference page using APA referencing guidelines. The word count does not include references.
Your paper must have a clear structure. Consider having some sections/headings. We will discuss the template for the report in class.
Do not be tempted to plagiarism, which is considered academic dishonesty and can be penalised with a Fail grade. Plagiarism includes copying direct from books, journals, websites etc. without acknowledgement and copying from other students’ work.
Submit it to Assignments section on Canvas.