Designing for Dignity - Daniel Brisson

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Résumé :
Dignity is a state of being, a quality of humanness inherent to each individual.

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>Dignity in design, therefore, requires an intentional examination of the human experience--how we process information and connect with the world around us, how we fundamentally seek survival and pleasure in all we do, how we react in the presence of adversity and stress, surprise and delight. And with this understanding comes empathy for what it means to navigate the world as a complex, conscious, affectable human beings.

Dignified Design recognizes the role of our built environment in supporting and fostering the health of individuals, neighborhoods and communities. It acknowledges that nothing we design is neutral and that the places we inhabit shape our ideas about who we are and what we deserve. Drawing on broad multidisciplinary evidence and more context-specific lived expertise of end users in the spaces we design, Dignified Design aims to create places that protect, promote, and celebrate the dignity of life....

Biographie:
Dr. Daniel Brisson is a Professor and the Director of the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research (CHHR) at the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver. His research focuses on poverty, high-poverty neighborhoods, affordable housing, and homelessness....