Design for social cohesion: Design to reduce polarization - A design intervention to increase social cohesion
Klunder, Mariëtte (author) · Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) · 2017
This country will be hugely polarized by 2050, if we do not act. The focus of the public debate is shifting towards differences between groups and people. Politicians exploit popular sentiment for their own success, they polarize in an attempt to give every group a voice. If we keep repeating and emphasizing our differences, it becomes a self-fullling prophecy. This project aims to counteract these developments by showing people commonalities beyond what they can see so they will recognize unity in diversity. It is only a social cohesion warm up a next design should focus on appreciating diversity.