Surviving in Pandemic Times: Can Good Design Help Us to Change Our Lives?

Maria João Pereira  Neto; Raffalella Maddaluno; Jorge Firmino Nunes

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_81

Surviving in Pandemic Times: Can Good Design Help Us to Change Our Lives?

Maria João Pereira Neto, Raffalella Maddaluno, Jorge Firmino Nunes

CHAM - Centro de Humanidades

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Abstract

We want to promote a reflection about a revolution that happened in our lives in the year of 2020 when suddenly we became “imprisoned” trying to have a “new “normal life for which we were not prepared. Humanity should be prepared for this kind of challenges because its history is also the history of pandemics. In 2020 the world has assumed its vulnerability, its fragility face to the unknown. As Bernard-Henri Levi said, the virus is shaking the world and humanity has gone mad. We suddenly became aware of the fragility of social boundaries; Žižek said: the classic definition of society - humans among humans, became meaningless. We pretend to promote a discussion and a reflection about the role of Design facing this majour challenges: how Design can, or should, be applied to a new reality on the behalf of security, but also on sociability and the preservation of intimacy knowing for sure that it will happen again.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 25-29, 2021, USA
Editors	Jay Kalra, Nancy J. Lightner, Redha Taiar
Publisher	Springer
Pages	651-658
Number of pages	8
Volume	263
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-80744-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-80743-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_81
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - , United States Duration: 25 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	263

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Country/Territory	United States
Period	25/07/21 → 29/07/21

Keywords

Pandemic times
Design
Humankind
History
COVID-19

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25 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021
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Neto, M. J. P., Maddaluno, R., & Nunes, J. F. (2021). Surviving in Pandemic Times: Can Good Design Help Us to Change Our Lives? In J. Kalra, N. J. Lightner, & R. Taiar (Eds.), Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 25-29, 2021, USA (Vol. 263, pp. 651-658). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 263). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_81

Neto, Maria João Pereira ; Maddaluno, Raffalella ; Nunes, Jorge Firmino. / Surviving in Pandemic Times : Can Good Design Help Us to Change Our Lives?. Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 25-29, 2021, USA. editor / Jay Kalra ; Nancy J. Lightner ; Redha Taiar. Vol. 263 Springer, 2021. pp. 651-658 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Neto, MJP, Maddaluno, R & Nunes, JF 2021, Surviving in Pandemic Times: Can Good Design Help Us to Change Our Lives? in J Kalra, NJ Lightner & R Taiar (eds), Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 25-29, 2021, USA. vol. 263, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 263, Springer, pp. 651-658, International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, United States, 25/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_81

Surviving in Pandemic Times: Can Good Design Help Us to Change Our Lives? / Neto, Maria João Pereira ; Maddaluno, Raffalella; Nunes, Jorge Firmino.
Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 25-29, 2021, USA. ed. / Jay Kalra; Nancy J. Lightner; Redha Taiar. Vol. 263 Springer, 2021. p. 651-658 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 263).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Neto MJP, Maddaluno R, Nunes JF. Surviving in Pandemic Times: Can Good Design Help Us to Change Our Lives? In Kalra J, Lightner NJ, Taiar R, editors, Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 25-29, 2021, USA. Vol. 263. Springer. 2021. p. 651-658. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_81

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