Trauma-Informed Design + Participatory Design Perils + Research with Vulnerable Populations with Sarah Fathallah — DT101 E72

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah Fathallah is an independent social designer and researcher. Today, we talk about trauma-informed design, participatory design, and research with vulnerable populations.</span></p> <p><strong>Listen to learn more about:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trauma-informed design</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virtual facilitation design</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Examining power dynamics in design work</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Participatory design and its connection to trauma-informed design</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The challenges of compensating community members who participate in the design process</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Our Guest<br /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah Fathallah is an independent designer, researcher, and educator, who specializes in applying participatory research and design to the social sector. She has worked on projects of all sizes with non-profits, governments, and social enterprises, on topics ranging from civil and human rights, to healthcare, education, and financial inclusion. Her clients have included the International Domestic Workers Federation, the International Rescue Committee, and Open Society Foundations, to name a few. Sarah’s design work has been honored by the Core77 Design Awards, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), ONE Prize, and the GSMA mWomen Design Challenge. Sarah also co-founded Design Gigs for Good, a free community-driven resource to help more people use the tools of design to create positive social change. Sarah is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, where she studied International Business and Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Affairs. She also studied design innovation at the Paris Est d.school, user experience design at General Assembly, and participatory design at MIT.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:03] Sarah talks