Imagining the world after coronavirus, part 5
Fifth edition of features and articles on what may lie ahead.
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Challenges
Human-centered innovation in a Covid-19 world
The Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly transforming our present and our future. What are researchers and designers learning that can help companies evolve their products and services to make them more robust within this fast changing context and market?
Covid-19 and Social Innovation: Contactless sociability and hybrid communities of place
While some optimists think there will be a lasting positive change in our well-being model, with the quality of relationships and common goods at its centre, Manzini argues that things are not necessary going in that direction. A confrontation is required.
Imagining the world after coronavirus, part 4
Fourth (and particularly rich) edition of features and articles on what may lie ahead.
[Paper] The Imaginary Crisis
As the Covid-19 crisis hopefully comes slowly under control, we ought to attend to a very different kind of crisis, and one which is scarcely visible: the deteriorating state of our shared social imagination.
Imagining the world after coronavirus, part 3
Third edition of features and articles on what may lie ahead. Four in English, three in Italian.
Covid-19 storytelling platforms
Two new initiatives - one from the US and one from Utrecht (NL)
Four possible scenarios of how the corona crisis can transform the world
How will the pandemic change the way we live and do business?
In this whitepaper the Zukunftsinstitut describes four possible scenarios of how the corona crisis can transform the world.
Doing fieldwork in a pandemic
Initiated by Deborah Lupton, this crowdsourced document provides necessary information and key resources for researchers struggling to conduct traditional face-to-face research under new circumstances.
Mass panic unlikely during pandemics
Two articles, one by Matt Simon in Wired and another by Benedict Carey in the New York Times, summarize scientific research that illustrates why mass panic is unlikely in this pandemic situation.
[Book] The Psychology of Pandemics
This book describes the psychological reactions to pandemics, including maladaptive behaviors, emotions, and defensive reactions, and reviews the psychological vulnerability factors that contribute to the spreading of disease and distress.
Five short papers on online privacy by Carissa Véliz
Carissa Véliz is a philosopher and ethicist who works on digital ethics, practical ethics more generally, political philosophy, and public policy
Post-it note city
A visit to the smart-city-in-progress at Sidewalk Toronto prompts questions about what it means to "participate" in civic design.
Participo, a new digest on OECD’s work on innovative citizen participation
The first post, by Participo editor Claudia Chwalisz, reflects on how the OECD can help renew democracy in an age of complexity and disillusionment.
Scrutinizing the effects of digital technology on mental health
Does time spent using digital technology and social media have an adverse effect on mental health, especially that of adolescents?
The first of a thousand nights – ToNite project opening event
Presentation event on 14 February in Torino of the European project that aims to improve the liveability of the areas around the river Dora
La prima di mille notti. Evento di inaugurazione progetto ToNite
Evento di presentazione del progetto europeo che intende migliorare la vivibilità delle aree attorno al fiume Dora
Experientia supports Interaction 20 conference in Milan
Next week the major Interaction 20 conference will take place at the Zaha Hadid-designed Milano Convention Center (MiCo). Experientia supports this huge conference on a multitude of levels.
Design thinking in the future of cities: what approach to use for better services?
The design thinking approach offers many tools to design creative solutions to solve the most pressing problems affecting complex ecosystems such as cities. That's why it is important that policy makers are properly trained.
Three narratives that stymie social change and what we can do about it
Nat Kendall-Taylor studied nearly 40 different social issues and the cultural models people use to understand them. He found three cultural models that stymie social change, and three research-based messaging strategies that can help shift them.