Intercultural Information Architecture
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This document discusses strategies for information architecture across different cultures. It recommends starting with a cultural audit to understand what is similar and different between cultures. While information architecture strategies may have originated in some cultures, design must ensure it benefits all people. Above all, intercultural information architecture is about understanding people and avoiding stereotypes, while focusing on commonalities instead of just differences.
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- 1. Intercultural IA Smitha Prasadh SENIOR USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER • AUTODESK • PITTSBURGH, PA WORLD IA DAY PITTSBURGH 2016 // 2016 FEB 20http://www.adventuresofagoodman.com/rock-and-roll-photographer-for-a-day/
- 2. Information architecture strategies for other cultures
- 3. Information architecture strategies for other cultures are the same as ours
- 4. Information architecture strategies for other cultures are the same as ours because we (more or less) started it.
- 5. http://www.2016.worldiaday.org USA Canada Italy Brazil UK 25 3 3 2 2 Europe Asia-Pacific South America Middle East Africa 8 6 4 3 1 Total number of countries: 57 Today’s World IA Day events
- 6. http://www.2016.worldiaday.org + http://www.iainstitute.org/resources USA Canada Australia Italy UK Sweden 39 10 3 2 2 2 Brazil Chile Denmark France Poland Online schools 1 1 1 1 1 16 Total number of schools: 79 ...and schools that teach IA/Design
- 8. How can we approach IA for diverse audiences?
- 9. Drawing inspiration from intercultural communication
- 10. Intercultural communication how people think and communicate culture + language + society how people react to design
- 14. SETTING A TONE: “our time-tested, traditional methods” VS. “what will you accomplish today?” tumblr.com IF by IFTTT /
- 16. symbols of authority ideo.com deloitte.com limiting workflows / content by user type
- 18. emphasize clarity warning messages for unconventional behaviors SPAIN QATAR cocacola.com FULL INDEX.HTML OF EACH COUNTRY’S SITE
- 21. AESTHETICS: “in your face” VS. “in our tummies” MEXICO DENMARKkfc.com /
- 23. FORM DESIGN: “it’ll be worth it” VS. “it’ll be over soon” JAPAN HONG KONGstarbucks.com /
- 24. INDIVIDUALISM vs. COLLECTIVISM POWER DISTANCE UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE MASCULINITY vs. FEMININITY LONG-TERM vs. SHORT-TERM ORIENTATION HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS
- 25. INDIVIDUALISM vs. COLLECTIVISM POWER DISTANCE UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE MASCULINITY vs. FEMININITY LONG-TERM vs. SHORT-TERM ORIENTATION HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS CAVEAT AND CONTROVERSY
- 26. How do we carry this out in our work?
- 27. Start with a cultural audit.
- 28. Start with a cultural audit, and look for what’s the same and what’s different.
- 29. Global product, localized pieces Several global templates, with localized variants Fully localized sites, in line with the brand
- 31. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL IMAGERY FROM AMERICA? SOURCE: THE AUTODESK RECAP TEAM
- 32. McDonald’s Starbucks Apple pie Hamburgers Guns NASCAR Baseball SOURCE: THE AUTODESK RECAP TEAM WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL IMAGERY FROM AMERICA?
- 33. McDonald’s Starbucks Apple pie Hamburgers Guns NASCAR Baseball SOURCE: THE AUTODESK RECAP TEAM WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL IMAGERY FROM AMERICA?
- 34. McDonald’s Starbucks Apple pie Hamburgers Guns NASCAR Baseball Advertisements for pharmaceuticals The Simpsons War Tipping Donald Trump Corn Black Friday “is obesity tangible enough? what about willful ignorance?” SOURCE: THE AUTODESK RECAP TEAM WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL IMAGERY FROM AMERICA?
- 35. Elementary school girls in beauty pageants Squirty cheese in a can Deified high school football players New oil and gas drills in 2015 Credit card debt Cable news Corporations-are-people Unilateral bipartisanship” Underfunded education “How have corndogs and creationism not yet made it onto this list?” “ McDonald’s Starbucks Apple pie Hamburgers Guns NASCAR Baseball Advertisements for pharmaceuticals The Simpsons War Tipping Donald Trump Corn Black Friday “is obesity tangible enough? what about willful ignorance?” SOURCE: THE AUTODESK RECAP TEAM WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL IMAGERY FROM AMERICA?
- 36. Elementary school girls in beauty pageants Squirty cheese in a can Deified high school football players New oil and gas drills in 2015 Credit card debt Cable news Corporations-are-people Unilateral bipartisanship” Underfunded education “How have corndogs and creationism not yet made it onto this list?” “ McDonald’s Starbucks Apple pie Hamburgers Guns NASCAR Baseball Advertisements for pharmaceuticals The Simpsons War Tipping Donald Trump Corn Black Friday “is obesity tangible enough? what about willful ignorance?” SOURCE: THE AUTODESK RECAP TEAM WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL IMAGERY FROM AMERICA? “ “
- 38. Avoid stereotypes (+/-), and remember that they go both ways. Does your meaning carry across? Don’t take your values/ knowledge as default. don’t assume or judge Learn constantly (and do lots of research!). Remember your novice status. Work with local/ cultural liaisons. Focus on the same, not just the different. do connect and empathize
- 39. Like all design, intercultural IA is all about people. Though we may have originated IA, we have to ensure everyone benefits from it. Design is for everyone. ABOVE ALL ELSE...
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