Designing for Empathy

Perspectives on the Museum Experience
Herausgeber: Gokcigdem, Elif M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Designing for Empathy is a volume of twenty-five essays contributed by multidisciplinary and museum thought leaders, collectively exploring the state of empathy for its design elements that might lead to positive behavior change and paradigm shift towards compassionate worldviews and actions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Alliance Of Museums
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 823g
• ISBN-13: 9781538118283
• ISBN-10: 1538118289
• Artikelnr.: 55879271

Autorenporträt

Elif M. Gokcigdem, Ph.D., is the founder of Empathy-Building Through Museums Initiative. She is an innovative thought leader, a historian of Islamic art, and a museums scholar who is committed to creating fertile grounds of empathy through informal learning platforms to inspire positive behavior change, caring mindsets, and compassionate worldviews that value all of humanity and the planet. Gokcigdem is the author of two visionary books on empathy-building: Fostering Empathy Through Museums (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016), and Designing for Empathy: Perspectives on the Museum Experience (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019). She is the chief curator and co-chair of the world's first museums and empathy summit titled: "Fostering Universal Ethics and Compassion Through Museums with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama," which took place in October-November, 2018 in Dharamsala, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Elif M. Gokcigdem Introduction Zorana Ivcevic Part I The Object of
Our Empathy: How Do We Perceive the Other? Chapter 1: The Heart The Heart's
Knowledge Will Never Decay Dario Robleto Chapter 2: The Brain Living
Narratives: Neurobiology of Empathy Erik Jahner Chapter 3: Conscious
Experience Empathic Space and Shared Consciousness: Museums and the
Application of the Spread Mind Theory Riccardo Manzotti Chapter 4: The
Worldview Empathy, Narcissism, and Visual Arts Engagement Sara Konrath
Chapter 5: Augmented Reality Augmenting Empathy and Decolonizing AR/VR
Mediums: How Do We Reimagine Augmented and Virtual Reality Experiences?
Amir Baradaran and Isolde Brielmaier Part II The Alchemy of Empathy:
Ingredients of Transformative Perspective Change Chapter 6: Intentionality
Discovering the Power of Art in Forging Empathic Connections Jon Carfagno
Chapter 7: Intersectionality Building Transformative Empathetic Experiences
to Talk About RACE Yolanda Moses and Joanne Jones-Rizzi Chapter 8:
Curiosity Social Inquiry Exhibits: Fostering Social Learning in Museums
Thomas Rockwell, Joshua Gutwill, Heike Winterheld, and Shawn Lani Chapter
9: Play Building a Culture for Kindness Through Collaborative Design Lisa
Brahms and Anne Fullenkamp Chapter 10: Vulnerability From I to Thou:
Transformation Through Traumatic Events Andreas Heinecke Chapter 11:
Contemplation & Nuance Found in Translation Mohamed Zakariya Chapter 12:
Proximity Designing for Place and People at the Border of Freedom: Niagara
Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center Seth Frankel Chapter 13:
Storytelling Empathy in Environmental Communications: Why People Matter for
Saving Nature Anastasia Khoo, Jamey Anderson, and Conservation
International Chapter 14: Synchronicity Tap Dancing Towards Empathic
Communities Andrew Nemr Chapter 15: Awe & Wonder Designing for Wonder:
Losing Your Self at the Museum Nicholas Bell Chapter 16: Collective
Journeying Religious Pilgrimage and Sacred Relics as Empathy-Builders Ari
Gordon and Menachem Wecker Chapter 17: Breaking Bread Breaking Bread and
Building Bridges: Repairing Ruptures in Our Communities Reverend Jennifer
Bailey, Lennon Flowers, Emily May, and The People's Supper Chapter 18:
Optimism & Hope Optimism to Action: One Smithsonian, the Conservation
Commons and the Earth Optimism Initiative Catherine Christen Part III The
Scope and the Spectrum of Empathy: Empathy as a Cross-Industrial Shared
Value, and Its Potential for People and the Planet Chapter 19: Ethics &
Values Modeling Decency, Sir! Elaine Heumann Gurian Chapter 20: Our Planet
& the Environment The Anthropocene as Our Conscience Emlyn Koster Chapter
21: Education & Entrepreneurship Educating for Empathy: Global Lessons from
Schools and Social Entrepreneurs Dana Mekler Chapter 22: Innovation &
Design Designing Empathy into Machines: Lessons Learned from Designing
Interactions for Autonomous Vehicles Kursat Ozenc Chapter 23: Societal
Progress Museums as Incubators of Innovation and Social Impact Karleen
Gardner