Empathic Equality

ECTS-point
15
Education
Master
Focus area
Design for People
Term
1.
Course manager
Kathrina Dankl
Course instructors
Canan Akoglu, Kathrina Dankl
Description

Empathic Equality

The course focuses on participatory design and trains you to activate design artefacts to empathically engage with people in vulnerable stages of life.

Social Design sometimes engages with people in challenging situations. People can be placed in either permanent or temporary exposed situations, which calls for new ways of solving complex and delicate issues. Therefore this course focuses on welfare design, empathy, equality, and ethics.

You will gain knowledge about regulations around user involvement such as anonymity and confidence. Knowledge and skills will be put into practice through participatory project-work within the context of care, health, and well-being.

The course considers the dynamics of individual citizens’ life course and their interaction with welfare systems. In this regard, the course explores ways to re-imagine the public sector role and co-create value with citizens.

Course responsible

Lab for Social Design

Kathrina Dankl

Lektor, ph.d., underviser Design for People og industrielt design