Haley and Mike HIV nudge talk.

Our group was Haley and I and our subject was to find a solution to HIV awareness in Sub Saharan Africa and Asia. What we came up with, which was similar to other groups, was a push for education, information, and  availability. We talked about education children about the effects and dangers of HIV and how to prevent them. We need to also overcome a cultural stigma against HIV culture. Many people in these places see HIV talk as taboo and don't address it, when it is a serious problem that needs to be solved. We also talked about having condoms and other information about protection to be easily accessible, and also anonymous incase people don't want to be seen getting the help. When people can easily get help they are more likely to. We also mentioned that maybe we could incorporate mothers preventing their children from getting HIV by getting the mothers and fathers tested. This would give the parents incentive to get tested as to not hurt their children.

Tuberculosis in Developing Countries

Problem: In some communities, some social norms include covering coughs and hiding diseases. Coughing is a symptom of TB, and if not caught early, can kill the host of the disease.

'Nudge' solution: We didn't come up with much of a nudge, but we were thinking of setting up an incognito TB awareness stand that would pass out tissues and kleenex and respiratory masks for individuals suffering from simple coughs or 'colds'. These particular products would hint for them to go seek treatment without directly, specifically mentioning TB, but having a list of illnesses with related symptoms that go along with the product. People in the village/city would be educated, trained and would work at the incognito TB stand (powered by a non profit or for profit organization, or government), and if people need treatment they would go back to the stand and in the back there would be a TB testing area cut off from view where people can get tested. Eventually lines may form to get into the testing area, and people may become more open when talking about this infectious disease, since awareness is key to catching the disease in time before it becomes more likely to kill.

Another idea was to incorporate other information on the 'cover your cough' poster to hint at people to go to the doctors, and that it's okay to display your sickness if you are actually sick, but if you are sick for a certain period of time, to seek out treatment (no matter if it is TB or something else).

Women's Health and Maternal Health in Tanzania with use of nudges by Jacob Smith and Ian Kilpa

Applying knowledge learned from the talk with Bunker Roy and the Barefoot College, applying knowledge of educating the older generations would be a good practice in educating in developing countries, specifically Tanzania.  Culture plays a large part in influencing the health, having to acknowledge practices already in place, but influencing the culture in a positive change.  We suggest nudging with design in using daily aspects of their lives.  We had a problem in addressing these issues most in part because we are not women, through observation and interviews I feel would be the best process before trying to nudge aspects of women's health and maternal health.  Equality of healthcare is the most important.

Immunization & Vaccination: ARIEL & ARIELLE

-Influence families to get immunized by making them aware of the risks/impacts of not getting immunized

·      ~Traveling clinic with free vaccines into schools, vaccinate everyone unless opted out

·      ~Displaying personalized statistics about how many people in small communities have certain illnesses

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IIIt's hard to come up with nudges in order to influence people to get vaccines since it is such a personal choice, however it affects everyone you come in contact with

MORE PLANTS

We need more plants around Stamps because they are tranquil, relaxing, inspiring, and contribute to better air quality.

The chemistry building is a great example of how trees can be incorporated into architecture. Just walk inside and you will immediately notice the how fresh the air is. 

So relaxing

So inspiring

So tranquil 

School Environment Alteration - Ariel Turjanski

1) Lighten the hallways on both sides of the building. Currently, the dark corridors are very uninspiring and depressing but by lightening them up, through paint and more lighting, it would make the areas less awful to be in.

2) Make an area for collaboration. Currently, the school is divided up (you can't even get to the other half unless you go upstairs and across) and it leads to a lack of communication between artists. Since we all have great ideas, having a space in order to bring us together would expand our horizons and make the students of the art school feel less isolated. The area can be made by closing off the center outside space and instead making a place for more tables and display areas for our artwork.

3)  Protecting artwork by placing clips on the walls in order to display paper works of art. After spending as much as 40 hours working on a drawing or painting, students shouldn't feel discouraged to hang their work up in fear of it being destroyed. By playing clips on the wall similar to clipboard clips, the work wouldn't be punctured by pins. On top of this, a wall of sliding class, similar to the sliding glass protecting the map on the upstairs wall of the building, would add another layer of protection to the art. 

4) Creating enclosed storage spaces for the storage of artwork by professors while they are grading the works of art. Currently, the system of leaving pieces on exposed shelves leaves a lot of time where the pieces are unattended and can be altered, destroyed or stolen by other students that have class in those studios. Giving each instructor a space to place the art while they are grading would reduce the amount of damage the students work suffers during the grading process. 

A & D Building Issues

Our team has a problem with the fact that there's no central collaboration areas and a space to feel comfortable. We also would like a more legitimate food court in the building, to draw students in. We had an idea to create a glass overhang to separate the courtyard into an open room so students could work together in a natural environment, closed from the elements in the winter. In the summer, glass panels would be replaced with screens to create a 'porch' environment. Here, there could be some sort of food court possibly. Plant beds would be placed in the interior part of the courtyard to keep it natural and inviting. This way, the courtyard's space could be utilized and be kept as an 'outdoor' environment for events in the summer as well as an indoor space in the winter. Designers (landscape architects and architects, etc) should be hired to understand the space and configure it to fit the well being of students.


Posted by Eli Stirling and Anna  Stasek