PROJECT KHOJO

Team : Individual
Role: Research, Synthesis, Concept development, design
Tools:
Duration: 3 months | Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology

How might we .............

Project “Project khojo” is an service integrated app that has been designed for migrating children that reimagines language learning and looks at how to contextualise basic literacy for children by making language learning fun and explorative. The project looks at providing support from the neighbouring community in order to encourage, incentivise, and make learning out of school fun to help the child stay in touch with basics and practice to be ready to get back with his basics in check.

Project “Project khojo” is an service integrated app that has been designed for migrating children that reimagines language learning and looks at how to contextualise basic literacy for children by making language learning fun and explorative. The project looks at providing support from the neighbouring community in order to encourage, incentivise, and make learning out of school fun to help the child stay in touch with basics and practice to be ready to get back with his basics in check.

Team : Individual
Role: Research, Synthesis, Concept development, design
Tools:
Duration: 3 months | Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology

THE CHALLENGE

DESIGNING FOR?

The project required us to design for the Migrant construction communities, in Bangalore that moved from Rural to Urban areas, seeking job opportunities. The communities are diverse in culture, ethnography and demographics and poses unique challenges that are very contextual and specific to their environment.

OBJECTIVE?

The aim of the project was to to identify a need context, construction site and a community within, that provides enough scope for a thorough study and propose innovative human-centric solutions in the form of products, systems or services while considering environmental impact and sustainability in use of materials.

  1. Foundational research

INDEX

2.PROJECT TIMELINE

We are able to build connections between the land that once was and the building that now is. But we are unable to build connections with the people behind the building. The people behind it are now coming into the visible line of sight as we see them work but their children, often so small in size compared to the size of the building that they camoflague with the trees, swinging on saris or get hidden while playing hide and seek behind the stone rubble.

FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH

The first phase of my primary research involved visiting construction sites to observe workers and their activities.

KEY INSIGHTS -

01. Responsibilities as older siblings

As parents are working through the day, older siblings are made to look after the younger ones and that is why parents bring them to the city with them

01. Responsibilities as older siblings

As parents are working through the day, older siblings are made to look after the younger ones and that is why parents bring them to the city with them

Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory

(PESTLE IMAGES)

WHY EDUCATION? SECONDARY RESEARCH

LITERATURE REVIEW

The Literature review was the next step to creating an evidence base for the development of a comprehensive understanding of the existing practices that provide education to migrating children of the age. It was also important to understand expert views on why education and what education is the need for children that are constantly moving.

(QUOTES FROM THE FIELD) (PG21)

"Sharam aati hai udhar, mazza nahi aata"
(I feel shy going there, and its not fun either)

Girls who migrate often feel shy during their adoloscence to enter newer school or even go to schools back in their village.

"Bada aadmi banna hai, par kaise (laughs)"

Language is often a barrier to enter new schools in the host cities.

REDEFINED PROBLEM STATEMENT

A migrant child’s education gets discontinued and fragmented when they move to and fro with their parents

Discovered User’s problem

The education system does not currently take into account the implications of the migrant status of the child that result from the changing demographics and fragmented time periods of the child’s movements

The construction industry fails to implement child education on their sites

Discovered system’s problem

To create an intervention that allows for continuation of learning through the introduction of situational based learning that would allow relooking at contextualising basic literacy

Service vision

REDEFINED PROBLEM STATEMENT

How might we design a moving system of learning for children who are also constantly moving?

How might neighbouring educated communities volunteer and come forward to teach migrant settlements?

OUTCOME

SERVICE MAP