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Design Strategies to Promote Intercultural Meaningful Social Interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

M. L. Ramírez Galleguillos ,
A. Eloiriachi ,
B. Serdar  and
A. Coşkun
M. L. Ramírez Galleguillos*
Affiliation:
Koç University, Turkey
A. Eloiriachi
Affiliation:
Koç University, Turkey
B. Serdar
Affiliation:
Koç University, Turkey
A. Coşkun
Affiliation:
Koç University, Turkey
*
mgalleguillos18@ku.edu.tr

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Intercultural interactions encourage social inclusion and diversity, but they are often avoided due to prejudices. Intercultural Meaningful Social Interactions (IMSI) can overcome such prejudices; still, the literature lacks guidelines on how to promote them by Design. In this study, we propose eight design strategies to facilitate these interactions, which were originated by bridging four theories for prejudice reduction and exemplar IMSI experiences of 15 intercultural participants. This paper presents the strategies and discusses their use to inspire new design concepts for promoting IMSI.

Keywords

intercultural meaningful social interactionsdesign strategybridging conceptsdesign researchhuman-centred design

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 2203 - 2212
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