Designing for empathy : perspectives on the museum experience / edited by Elif M. Gökc̦iğdem.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gokcigdem, Elif M., editor.

American Alliance of Museums.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Planning.

Museums.

Museums--Social aspects.

Empathy--Social aspects.

Empathy.

Museums--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xx, 446 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

Designing for Empathy' is a volume of twenty-three essays contributed by multidisciplinary experts, collectively exploring the state of empathy for its design elements that might lead to positive behavior change and a paradigm shift towards unifying, compassionate worldviews and actions. As museums are currently shaping their tools for fostering empathy as an intentional outcome of museum experiences, the idea of empathy-building is shaping them back as socially relevant institutions that increasingly value diversity, accessibility, and equality. This is a non-linear, multi-layered, and multi-dimensional transformation that requires multidisciplinary, cross-industries, and cross-sectors alliances for its sustainability. The potential of this collective transformation effort includes the invention of unconventional, evidence-based, and sustainable solutions that can be scaled up beyond the walls of traditional museums to all kinds of informal learning platforms to help eliminate the empathy-deficit in our world. 'Designing for Empathy' expands our understanding of empathy and its potential for fostering compassionate worldviews and actions through a multidisciplinary exploration in three parts: "The Object of Our Empathy" explores how we define and perceive the "Other," "The Alchemy of Empathy" introduces thirteen design elements of empathy that might lead to transformative learning experiences, and "The Scope and the Spectrum of Empathy" highlights the importance of positioning empathy as a cross-industrial shared value for the benefit of people and the planet. 'Designing for Empathy' will inspire and empower those who are interested in intentionally designing for empathy to cultivate compassionate worldviews and actions that celebrate and preserve the oneness of all people, the environment, and our planet.

Contents:

Foreword / The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi

Acknowledgments

Preface / Elif M. Gökc̦iğdem

Introduction / Zorana Ivcevic and Fundación Botyin

Part I: The object of our empathy : how do we perceive the other? 1. The heart. The heart's knowledge will never decay / Dario Robleto ; 2. The brain. Living narratives : neurobiology of empathy / Erik Jahner ; 3. Conscious experience. Empathic space and shared consciousness : museums and the application of the spread mind theory / Riccardo Manzotti ; 4. The worldview. Empathy, narcissism, and visual arts engagement / Sara Konrath ; 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. 6. Intentionality. Thriving in a VUCA world : creativity, empathy, and intentionality in the art museum / Jon Carfagno ; 7. Intersectionality. Building transformative empathetic experiences to talk about "race" / Yolanda Moses and Joanne Jones-Rizzi ; 8. Curiosity. Social inquiry exhibits : fostering social learning in museums / Thomas Rockwell, Heike Winterheld, Joshua Gutwill, and Shawn Lani ; 9. Play. Building a culture for kindness through collaborative design / Lisa Brahms and Anne Fullenkamp ; 10. Vulnerability. From I to thou : transformation through traumatic events / Andreas Heinecke ; 11. Contemplation and nuance. Found in translation / Mohamed Zakariya ; 12. Proximity. Designing for place and people at the border of freedom : Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center / Seth Frankel ; 13. Storytelling. Empathy in environmental communications : why people matter for saving nations / Anastasia Khoo, Jamey Anderson, and Conservation International ; 14. Synchronicity. Tap dancing toward empathic communities / Andrew Nemr ; 15. Awe and wonder. Designing for wonder : losing your self at the museum / Nicholas R. Bell ; 16. Collective journeying. Religious pilgrimage and sacred relics as empathy builders / Art Gordon and Menachem Wecker ; 17. Breaking bread. Breaking bread and building bridges : repairing ruptures in our communities / Jennifer Bailey, Lennon Flowers, and Emily May ; 18. Optimism and hope. Optimism to action : One Smithsonian, the Conservation Commons, and the Earth Optimism Initiative / Catherine A. 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. 19. Ethics and values. Modeling decency, sir! / Elaine Heumann Gurian ; 20. Our planet and the environment. The Anthropocene as our conscience / Emlyn Koster ; 21. Education and entrepreneurship. Educating for empathy : global lessons from schools and social entrepreneurs / Dana Mekler ; 22. Innovation and design. Designing empathy into machines : lessons larned from designing interactions for autonomous vehicles / Kürşat Özenç ; 23. Societal progress. Museums as incubators of innovation and social impact / Karleen Gardner

Index

About the editor

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gokcigdem, Elif M., author. Designing for empathy

ISBN:

9781538118283

1538118289

9781538118290

1538118297

OCLC:

1081342169