Comments on: Behind the Veil http://design-altruism-project.org/?p=79 The intersection of the design and altruism memeplexes Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:43:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Arvind Lodaya http://design-altruism-project.org/?p=79&cpage=1#comment-101028 Arvind Lodaya Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:40:39 +0000 http://design-altruism-project.org/?p=79#comment-101028 Fascinating account. Your observation about Eurocentric design and the erosion/displacement of Emirati culture and aesthetics is reminscent of India, except that being an organic democracy, Eurocentric design is limited to the elite (who are considerable in number and dominate the English media) to the point where it almost seems a caricature of their aspirational selves! Fascinating account. Your observation about Eurocentric design and the erosion/displacement of Emirati culture and aesthetics is reminscent of India, except that being an organic democracy, Eurocentric design is limited to the elite (who are considerable in number and dominate the English media) to the point where it almost seems a caricature of their aspirational selves!

]]> By: canniffe http://design-altruism-project.org/?p=79&cpage=1#comment-101012 canniffe Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:05:53 +0000 http://design-altruism-project.org/?p=79#comment-101012 Jonathan, I recently returned from Zayed University where a colleague and I from MICA took a group of female design students to work with female (Dubai) students. Take a look at the Goodbye Dubai section. We are thinking of returning to Zayed/Dubai again this semester to do a similar cultural intervention. We could go back to Dubai, but might/could go to the Abu Dhabi campus. An interesting thought might be if you could also bring a group of your students from Central and team with MICA and Zayed students-interested? Bern Jonathan,

I recently returned from Zayed University where a colleague and I from MICA took a group of female design students to work with female (Dubai) students.

Take a look at the Goodbye Dubai section. We are thinking of returning to Zayed/Dubai again this semester to do a similar cultural intervention. We could go back to Dubai, but might/could go to the Abu Dhabi campus.

An interesting thought might be if you could also bring a group of your students from Central and team with MICA and Zayed students-interested?

Bern

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