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

Maria João Pereira Neto, Raffalella Maddaluno, Jorge Firmino Nunes

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 25-29, 2021, USA
EditorsJay Kalra, Nancy J. Lightner, Redha Taiar
PublisherSpringer
Pages651-658
Number of pages8
Volume263
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-80744-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-80743-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
EventInternational Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - , United States
Duration: 25 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume263

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Country/TerritoryUnited States
Period25/07/2129/07/21

Keywords

  • Pandemic times
  • Design
  • Humankind
  • History
  • COVID-19

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