报告主题：Bridging Cultural Differences with Critical Design in a Globalized World
全球化背景下以批判性设计弥合文化差异
时间：11月28日（周四）下午14:00
地点：复旦大学江湾校区二号交叉学科楼A2003
报告人：孙华彤，华盛顿大学教授
报告摘要
Are simplicity and minimalism the universal design standards for interaction design? How can we avoid unintended stereotyping with user personas in daily design practices? What design mechanism is behind the popular “digital blackface” meme circulated on social media? This talk invites the audience to reconsider some commonly held design beliefs and routine design practices with a lens of cultural differences. Illustrated with global design case studies, it introduces strategies and techniques to turn differences into design resources for inclusivity. Participants will learn essential critical design skills of creating inclusive designs in a globalized world at a divisive time.
报告人简介
孙华彤
华盛顿大学教授
Huatong Sun is a full professor of digital rhetoric and global design at University of Washington Tacoma, affiliated with the DUB (Design Use Build) and the Center of AI & Culture. She is co-author of Human-Engaged Computing (2024), author of multi-award-winning books “Global Social Media Design” (2020) and “Cross-Cultural Technology Design” (2012), among other works. Her work has been featured in Fast Company and The Conversation and in invited speeches at SXSW and Amazon, and more. She has won multiple awards for her community-engaged projects with marginalized user communities, including the Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Society for Technical Communication and the Distinction in the Practice of Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Association for Business Communication. A Theodore von Kármán Fellow of RWTH Aachen University, Germany, she is a board member of the International Chinese Association of Computer-Human Interaction and Immediate Past Chair of the Faculty Assembly in her campus. She earned her BA of Chinese Literature from Fudan University.