Dave, I wonder if the principles stay the same but the dialect changes? I'm don't remember specifically how detailed UPoD gets with cross- cultural issues, I'll take a look.
Kevin On Dec 27, 2007, at 9:08 AM, dave malouf wrote: > wow! dan, you have no idea what you just opened up for me. My major in > college was cross-cultural psychology as an antrho major. My thesis > paper was on cross-cultural dream analysis. > > Of course, at a biological level we all receive signals > neurologically at the some level of commonality. But I have learned > in my studies that cultural interpretations of signals can differ > dramatically. For example, snow classification among eskimos, or in > dream analysis falling dreams is a positive among people from New > Guinea. > > I also have seen how color interpretations change from culture to > culture, where as "contrasts" are not seen as stark among some > people's as others. yes, they are recognized as different. the same > is true for musicality and other things we often take for granted > within our academic communities. > > Bring children as a different biological grouping type into the mix > and further I'd lean towards heavier contextuality or "it depends" > than ever before. > > Learning processes are very different for the young. we know this due > to the processes of language acquisition vs. language use. These are > very different modes of operating. > > Does the Universal Principles of Design look at different types of > crafts and design and try to derive interpretations of design > principles from them? How comprehensive is the book's look at > cultures? > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23952 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help Kevin Silver Clearwired Web Services 10899 Montgomery, Suite C Albuquerque, NM 87109 office: 505.217.3505 toll-free: 866.430.2832 fax: 505.217.3506 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.clearwired.com ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
