Design for Social and Emotional Wellbeing

We live in complex social systems, so change isn’t easy. But it is important to understand how our individual actions impact and are impacted by the community and structural levels we reside within. In this third paper, you will learn how design might be used to navigate complexity and make change. The assignment is to design an artefact, campaign, site or intervention that challenges a dominant stereotype or stigma and advocates for an important issue that needs change to happen.

DESN614

Points:

15

Level:

6

Learning Hours:

150

Start Dates:

2024

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Content

Design within health contexts is conceived as a way to implement tangible outcomes. Course content will enable the consideration of what it means to live in a complex world, by examining holistic approaches and collective leadership to engage in valued collaboration across disciplines. Creative and collaborative approaches are supported to enable design-led change.

Learning Outcomes

1. Investigate and evaluate a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

2. Engage with analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

3. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

4. Engage and apply a range of appropriate technologies or processes for the Design for Health minor.

Design for Social and Emotional Wellbeing

We live in complex social systems, so change isn’t easy. But it is important to understand how our individual actions impact and are impacted by the community and structural levels we reside within. In this third paper, you will learn how design might be used to navigate complexity and make change. The assignment is to design an artefact, campaign, site or intervention that challenges a dominant stereotype or stigma and advocates for an important issue that needs change to happen.

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Content

Design within health contexts is conceived as a way to implement tangible outcomes. Course content will enable the consideration of what it means to live in a complex world, by examining holistic approaches and collective leadership to engage in valued collaboration across disciplines. Creative and collaborative approaches are supported to enable design-led change.

Learning Outcomes

1. Investigate and evaluate a range of design for health concepts, ideas and their practical application.

2. Engage with analytical and critical methods to evaluate and synthesise practice.

3. Contribute to a community of practice, founded on the principles and practices of mātauranga Māori, of manaakitanga (care), motuhaketanga (self-determination) and kōrero pono (speaking truthfully).

4. Engage and apply a range of appropriate technologies or processes for the Design for Health minor.

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DESN614

Points:

15

Level:

6

Learning Hours:

150

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