Disoriented: navigating the nuances of communication

Author

Ann Dinh, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Date of Award

Spring 6-4-2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Industrial Design

Department

Industrial Design

First Advisor

Ayako Maruyama

Second Advisor

Mattia Casalegno

Third Advisor

Trang Tran

Abstract

What happens when you lose your language?

With this loss comes emotional and cultural implications, moments of incompleteness, along with a power struggle. Within immigrant communities especially, there are issues of communication and comprehension between generations. U.S.-born children of immigrants must deal with both a generational and cultural gap, gaps exacerbated by both distance and time. All of this is compounded by the challenges of assimilating to Western culture. In confronting the loss of language, this thesis aims to develop new informal methods of communication, ones less reliant on established language structures, ones that can help interact with future generations.

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Recommended Citation

Dinh, Ann, "Disoriented: navigating the nuances of communication" (2022). Masters Theses. 916.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/916

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