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B 1.1

When I started with the elective ‘social cultural sensitivity,’ I was unsure of what to expect. Since there were limited options available regarding the elective, I decided to choose this elective to gain insight into the different perspectives people have, in the present and in the past. Once I started the course, I was still unsure of what to expect. It was only after the course that I knew what and how

much I had learned.

 

The most important thing I learned was what the course was trying to achieve, give historical context on how the industrial revolutions impacted design. They achieved their goal with the texts we were assigned to read and present. The course taught me to take on different perspectives when it comes to culture and apply this skill while designing for different people in the future.

 

I have always been someone who shares their opinions and will start a discussion if these opinions counteract with other peoples opinions. My teammates, on the other hand, are not like this. This meant that when I shared my ideas on the projects, my teammates immediately agreed with me. I was not used to this and, in the future, want to learn to give the others the opportunity to express their

ideas and opinions too. Because of this, we used a lot of my ideas, which gave me a biased opinion on our designs.

 

Over all, I really enjoyed this elective because of the amount I learned. I gained a lot of insight too. It cost effort, but I enjoyed working on the projects nevertheless. In the future I would like to continue learning about the differences between people and how to design for them. I would also like to learn how to take a step back in group discussions and will work on that during the next semester.