A presente dissertação via fazer uma reflexão sobre as práticas do design em contexto ativista, explicando a importância do design gráfico ativista numa sociedade, assim como compreender o seu processo de análise e o modo como é aplicado em momentos de resistência e protesto. Co…
Esta tese investiga como a cultura de design pode ajudar a criar e dar sustentabilidade às Assembleias Projetuais, espaços simbólicos montados a partir de questões de interesse comum, onde designers especialistas e amadores se juntam a outras partes interessadas para dialogar e …
Atravessamos um momento único da nossa história, um tempo sem precedentes marcado pela mais grave pandemia mundial até hoje vivida e que teve um inegável impacto na vida das organizações. Estas enfrentam hoje um conjunto de desafios que passam pela manutenção das suas culturas, …
This qualitative study conducted over a 14-month period examined how teachers and students' identities influenced their learning and implementation of design thinking processes in conjunction with their technology use in urban classrooms. Design thinking is a learning approach t…
This thesis is an attempt to explore the Jordanian community of today with its multi-ethnic fusion and its social practices that often appear rooted in the past. It is an examination of what possible series of symbols could be formed from a collective view of the diverse ethnici…
Innovation initiatives across the globe are currently transforming the spaces, practices and subjects of urban governance. An ever-increasing number has started to mobilise design thinking in the promise of empowering citizens to participate in city making. Design thinking origi…
São claros e evidentes os malefícios trazidos pelo sistema linear de produção ao longo da história, e neste momento, percebe-se os danos na biosfera e o esgotamento de recursos naturais, algo que influencia diretamente o bem-estar de toda humanidade. Neste contexto, o presente p…
In most design problems, there are multiple schemas, or ways or orienting and organizing the knowledge content in the problem domain, and which by extension defines the range and bearing of solutions. This dissertation examines the properties of individual and clusters of schema…
Within the current cultural milieu of eclectic pluralism the Western Church currently finds itself in, innovation must be a central focus within all aspects of ministry in the Christian Church. With the focus that the local church must put on innovation, one aspect that will con…
Upon the release of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS) scores in December 2018, there was a massive public outcry over the prolonged neglect of the Providence Public School District. Various segments of the broader Providence community mobilized to advocate…
In 2021, congregational life in America feels troubled. The residue of vitality in vacant Sunday school classrooms, dated worship bulletins, antiquated committee structures, and worn pew cushions reminds churchgoers of the ways congregations once successfully capitalized on the …