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Abstract

Abstract

A 2015/16 Hyper Island Masters thesis. This thesis put forward the application of experience design to tackling the issue of social…
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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This thesis was made possible with the support of staff, fellow crewmates, and industry friends of Hyper Island Manchester, UK, who made…
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Forward: Motivations for the Study

Forward: Motivations for the Study

At a time when the 1951 Geneva Convention came under attack (Achiron, 2001), and humanitarianism had seemingly been replaced by hard-nosed…
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1. Literature Review
1.1 Introduction

1.1 Introduction

This chapter presents a literature review that contributed to the original focus of this study: how might experience design promote social…
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1.2 Global Responses to Recent Refugee Crises

1.2 Global Responses to Recent Refugee Crises

Violence in the Middle East especially Syria and Afghanistan had been brewing for many years. To flee the conflict, Syrians had been trying…
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1.3 Contested Definitions of Immigrants

1.3 Contested Definitions of Immigrants

In academia, there was also debate over classifications — how to define an individual as an immigrant (Anderson & Blinder, 2015). Different…
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1.4 Importance of Social Integration

1.4 Importance of Social Integration

A 1994 briefing paper by United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) for the World Summit for Social Development…
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1.5 Alternative Approaches: Relevance of Altruism and Ubuntu to Social Integration

1.5 Alternative Approaches: Relevance of Altruism and Ubuntu to Social Integration

Dawkins (1989) defined altruistic behaviours as “increasing another such entity’s welfare at the expense of its own”. Faced with people in…
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1.6 Case Study: New York City

1.6 Case Study: New York City

The American society could be considered a “nation of immigrants” (Kennedy, 1964). According to the US Diplomatic Mission to Germany…
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1.7 Relevance of Design to Tackling Social Integration

1.7 Relevance of Design to Tackling Social Integration

Herbert Simon (1996) espoused the ability of design to transform “current situations into preferred ones”. According to Kolko (2015)…
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