Designing for Outsiders: Understanding the Effects of Indended and Unintended Design
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Abstract
How tolerant are we of people outside our community? Our
ingrained instincts drive us as humans to seek positive interactions,
to feel accepted and appreciated, to find purpose to help us thrive
as individuals and as a collective. While positive instincts drive us to
purpose, so does fear pull us into a defensive state, to protect
ourselves and our own against the alien and unknown [5]. This
duality, this push and pull, is center stage in regards to interpreting
new peoples and cultures and attempting to find a balance
between the two is a hard task.