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
