id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 5999n298t4v Michael Perdriel Social Design: Challenges, Promises, Models, and Alternatives 2010 .txt text/plain 226 6 34 Then, drawing on my field work in Nepal as a case study, I describe the valuable insights into the necessary functions, features, materials, and method of manufacture of products that I gained by living and working directly with the people who will eventually make and use the products I am designing. This thesis provides an account of how conducting research on location can enable the designer engaged in social design to create a product that truly addresses the needs of end users in cultures that have radically different traditions, resources and infrastructures. cache/5999n298t4v.txt txt/5999n298t4v.txt