Ava Gordley-Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 2531737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ava Gordley-Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ava |
| FAMILY NAME | Gordley-Smith |
| SIGNATURE | GORDLEY-SMITH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emerson College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
African Philosophy-Based Ecology-Centric Decolonised Design Thinking
This paper uses a declarative mapping sentence approach to explore and amend design thinking - a project development and management technique recently disseminated in Africa. We contend that there are problems in the manner in which design thinking has been exported to Africa, namely, that design thinking is rooted in the linear, binary, human-centric systems present in Western philosophy and that the exportation of design thinking is potentially…
Talking to Our Citizens
In this article, we discuss the ways in which the United Kingdom and the United States communicate health information to their respective citizens. While this article is not limited to the study of COVID-19 health communications, we look at the institutions that were tasked with communication responsibilities regarding the COVID-19 virus in the United States and United Kingdom. To highlight the possible repercussions on the general public of each…
Describing Racist or Racialised Actions Using the Declarative Mapping Sentence Method
In the US and many other countries, when we watch or read the news reports seem to demonstrate that there is an endless stream of racially motivated hateful behaviours and expressions. These are so common place that they may not make front page news. The physical attack upon, and murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the verbal attack on Christian Cooper in Central Park, New York City, both in May 2020, were exceptions that made the news head…
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Describing Racist or Racialised Actions Using the Declarative Mapping Sentence Method
In the US and many other countries, when we watch or read the news reports seem to demonstrate that there is an endless stream of racially motivated hateful behaviours and expressions. These are so common place that they may not make front page news. The physical attack upon, and murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the verbal attack on Christian Cooper in Central Park, New York City, both in May 2020, were exceptions that made the news head…
African Philosophy-Based Ecology-Centric Decolonised Design Thinking
This paper uses a declarative mapping sentence approach to explore and amend design thinking - a project development and management technique recently disseminated in Africa. We contend that there are problems in the manner in which design thinking has been exported to Africa, namely, that design thinking is rooted in the linear, binary, human-centric systems present in Western philosophy and that the exportation of design thinking is potentially…
Talking to Our Citizens
In this article, we discuss the ways in which the United Kingdom and the United States communicate health information to their respective citizens. While this article is not limited to the study of COVID-19 health communications, we look at the institutions that were tasked with communication responsibilities regarding the COVID-19 virus in the United States and United Kingdom. To highlight the possible repercussions on the general public of each…
Political science (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Architecture, Art, Education (1 work) · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing (1 work) · Critical systems thinking (1 work) · Design Education and Practice (1 work) · Design Thinking (1 work) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 work) · Engineering design process (1 work) · Ethnic group (1 work)