INEQUALITY
This module invites students to learn about inequality, an inherent issue in our society. There are many factors that contribute to the existing gaps in the society, whether it would be education, environment, or public policies. Students will be encouraged to think critically about what creates social stratification, how factors such as wealth, social status, immigrant status or disability, affect individuals’ access to different resources and opportunities, and how resources and opportunities are linked to a larger patterns of power and privilege in the society. Not only that the students will learn to acknowledge the inequality, they will understand the social imbalance through experiences which will nudge them to start thinking about what a “just” society should look like and how they can be a part in creating it.
GUIDING QUESTIONS
- What a “just” society should look like?
- How can we tackle inequality?
Tool
TIME:
2 hours
MATERIAL:
Zoom, Google Sheet
DOWNLOADABLE FILES:
- Game PPT
- Google Sheets
SOCIAL LIFE SIMULATION
Social Life Simulation is designed to gives participants the experience of inequality in society. It is a simplified version of the society that values money and social status. With randomly assigned money and social status at birth, these two values will affect the decisions the participants choose to make while living their lives and pursuing their dreams.
HOW TO USE THE TOOL
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What do you think about the result of the policy ?
- Who would benefit from the policy?
- How should we determine “the winner” ?
- When did the inequality start?
- What exacerbates inequality? What alleviates it?
- For the least well-offs, what could have helped you do better?
- What should a “just society” look like?
- How should wealth, power, opportunity be distributed?
CREDITS
Siranat Boonthai
DESIGN BRIEFS AND CURRENT PROJECTS
Problem Statement
Are you aware of your own bubble of biases and beliefs? As innovators, your role is to spot the assumptions about the way things are and imagine a better future, a better way of doing something or helping those in need. Noticing these assumptions starts with seeing a different perspective, from the people around you. In this project, we are challenging you to get to know and design for one of the two groups of people who may be marginalized in our Chula community.
Challenge Briefs
- How might we create a sense of home for students from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds at SII?
- How can we make SII 100% accessible for the physically-disabled?
Problem Statement
- It is not hard to spot homeless in Bangkok. Hua-lum-pong is known as a safe space shelters homeless community.
- ปัญหาคนไร้บ้านสะท้อนปัญหาความเหลื่อมล้ำทางสังคมและสุขภาพ ในจำนวนนี้กว่าร้อยละ 28 ไม่มีบัตรประชาชน ร้อยละ 55 เข้าไม่ถึงบริการสุขภาพและสวัสดิการขั้นพื้นฐานของรัฐ และร้อยละ 70 มีปัญหาสุขภาพจิต
Challenge Briefs
- How might we eliminate homelessness around Hua Lum Pong?
- How might we ฟื้นฟูศักยภาพเพื่อให้คนไร้บ้านสามารถพึ่งพาตนเองได้
Problem Statement
- How can we leverage on Chulalongkorn existence to help closing the gap of inequality of life of all these different stakeholders around the university.
- How might we make Chulalongkorn a more equal/equity community for all stakeholders?
Challenge Brief:
- Look at the demography of people who are revolving around chulalongkorn university, students, professors, guards, admin staffs, operational staffs, and you would notice that the inequality is quite stark.
- Imagine you broke your leg and had to be on a wheelchair for a week, how would you feel about getting to and around the university? Not so easy right?
Other resources:
- VDO/ Story from experienced users
- Our initiation
- Our potential stakeholder
Other possible challenges:
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