Diversity and inclusivity by design
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University of Greenwich
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 24413
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- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- A multi-component output
- Open access status
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- Month
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- Year
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- ‘Diversity and Inclusivity by Design’ [d+iD] is a collaborative research project, established in 2016 and led by Dr Anastasios Maragiannis. The project embeds diversity and inclusivity research in the creative spaces of art and design through co-design methods, and explores the question: What is enabled when designers design with and for others? The research investigates how innovative co-design approaches can amplify, diversify, and mobilise various aspects of the design process; enabling design to act more inclusively and irrespective of disability, gender, ethnicity, vulnerability, language, or age. In 2021, the research achieved global recognition by the UNESCO partner organisation, the prestigious International Institute of Information Design Award (IIID).
The d+iD project has reached over 500,000 people through a program of events (2016- 2020) which, includes exhibitions at the London Design Festival that were widely reported in social media and reports. The research has produced several publications (exhibition catalogues 2018, 2019 and BST Journal 2019) and the work has been reviewed by BW magazine (Issue, 2018), and the Neurodiversity and Digital Inclusion Annual Report (2018). The d+iD research project is currently collaborating with several organisations, including: ECOLUXE (UK), International Greek Refugees Forum (GR), the Cyprus High Commission (CHC) in the UK and the Greenwich Autistic Society (UK).
The research has attracted the attention and engagement of the marginalised group sector. It has been involved in shaping policy in governmental (CHC, UK) and non-governmental (International Greek Forum of Refugees) cultural organisations. Dr. Maragiannis has been commissioned to develop the CHC Diversity and Inclusion Arts Policy, which proposes a new paradigm of research governance in design diversity and inclusion (2019). The research also enhances inclusive co-design methods for the £4m funded INTERREG NWE EYES (Empowering Youth Through Entrepreneurial Skills) project; presented with the “INTERREG IMPACT” award (Lille, 2019).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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