PAPER: FOSTERING THE TOOL OF RESOURCEFULLNESS: EMPOWERING STUDENTS THROUGH MATERIAL-CENTRIC PROJECTS
2024 - Published paper for The National Conference on the Beginning Design Student_39
Author: Nick Brinen
Conference Theme: Shared ResourcesAt a time when physical and financial resources seem alarmingly diminished but data is ever more accessible, this year's conference will focus on the ways that beginning design courses introduce the concept of shared resources at the global, regional, and institutional scale. This conference celebrates the dexterity and ingenuity of sharing to problem solve, to stretch resources, to utilize resources in ways that overlap, and to build community and resilience through group work. Shared Resources will be framed through faculty development of pedagogy in relation to research, design assessment, writing initiatives, design thinking exercises, and ideation techniques.