Panel: What is the connection between empathy, design, and social justice?

Panelists from the group Thinking With define design, empathy, and social justice, then examine each pairwise connection, citing design-thinking examples such as Stanford’s infant-warmer project in Nepal. They argue innovation needs systemic, empathic grounding, warn that empathy can turn paternalistic, and describe a space-redesign project with a homeless-youth organization in Venice.

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