Abstract
COVID-19 and Omicron variants have caused unprecedented impacts on global operating systems, society was forced to accept a painful coexistence with the pandemic, and the derived economic, social, and cultural disasters have left communities plagued by the "Long Covid" aftermath and psychological pressure. Worse still, society has witnessed an increasingly severe problem between spaces and services, including delayed regeneration, disorganization, and isolation. Therefore, it has become crucial and urgent to discover linking strategies between spaces and services, residents and communities, and the broader interrelated field during the recovery and change transition. Through comparative theoretical analysis, we identify the conceptual definition, characteristics, bottlenecks, and potential of healing design. Then we propose an interdisciplinary linking methodology based on the Four Orders of Design framework and choose "Healing" as touchpoints to explore the correlations and hierarchical relationships between six design perspectives. They could be summarized as Healing + Artificial Intelligence Painting; Healing + Physical Objects; Healing + Public Services; Healing + Digital Emotion Regulation; Healing + Leftover spaces; Healing + Virtual Reality. These healing-oriented strategies could assist residents in overcoming psychological obstacles and adapting more comfortably throughout the post-COVID-19 transition. Ultimately explore the prospect of re-establishing a greater empathy and emotional resilience community.
Keywords
emotional healing; resilient communities; interdisciplinary linking methodology; transformation design
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.148
Citation
Gao, T., Liu, Y., Zhu, L., Zhou, H.,and Zhang, L.(2023) Yearning for Revival_Using Healing as the Linking Strategy to Recreate Emotionally Resilient Communities, in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.148
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COVID-19 and Omicron variants have caused unprecedented impacts on global operating systems, society was forced to accept a painful coexistence with the pandemic, and the derived economic, social, and cultural disasters have left communities plagued by the "Long Covid" aftermath and psychological pressure. Worse still, society has witnessed an increasingly severe problem between spaces and services, including delayed regeneration, disorganization, and isolation. Therefore, it has become crucial and urgent to discover linking strategies between spaces and services, residents and communities, and the broader interrelated field during the recovery and change transition. Through comparative theoretical analysis, we identify the conceptual definition, characteristics, bottlenecks, and potential of healing design. Then we propose an interdisciplinary linking methodology based on the Four Orders of Design framework and choose "Healing" as touchpoints to explore the correlations and hierarchical relationships between six design perspectives. They could be summarized as Healing + Artificial Intelligence Painting; Healing + Physical Objects; Healing + Public Services; Healing + Digital Emotion Regulation; Healing + Leftover spaces; Healing + Virtual Reality. These healing-oriented strategies could assist residents in overcoming psychological obstacles and adapting more comfortably throughout the post-COVID-19 transition. Ultimately explore the prospect of re-establishing a greater empathy and emotional resilience community.