Designing Inclusive Systems
Systems play an integral part in our world. However, designing systems for humans is a tough ask, especially given the fact that…
The Psycho-Emotional Roots of Addiction
Human body is imagined through different mental models and so are the diseases it experiences. In allopathic school of thought, a human body is imagined as a well oiled machine with various systems and processes coming together to form a whole. Anything that malfunctions within one…
A system is defined as a group of interdependent and congruent elements working together…
My presentation focuses on Ayurveda and how from a very long time it has been seen as an integrated system of healthcare as it uses a sundry of interactive therapies and interventions that are personalized and designed to help each person…
REFLECTION OF MENTAL MODELS
Assignment 1
Puja Laginya Raghuraman
After the day’s discussion, I could not, but think of how similar the mental models of the traditional…
The Human body is capable of amazing feats which it does without any external interference be it re-growing organs like liver or regular maintenance like the replacement of dead skin cells, but like every system it has it limits. There is only so much that the human body can do, perceive…
Mental Models of the Body How the Idea of the Body interacts with various Social, Cultural, Economic and Environmental Factors
As I stated in my presentation today, the body is an open, adaptive system as it learn and adapts both in the short term ( by understanding immediate needs of survival and…
