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Many younger Taiwanese have much higher acceptance and tolerance of foreign cultures than they do for their local culture. Many of the younger generation have gradually forgotten the local cultural riches, such as local dialects, customs and traditional crafts. Their disassociation with the elder generations has expedited detachment to their own culture.

1. How do we close the generation gap?2. How do we acknowledge and accept the wisdom and values of our elders?3. How do we encourage younger generations to care and learn about the local culture, as well as bring about cultural inheritance?

MTS / More than Stories

Mentor / Fang Wu Tung (Taiwan)Coach / Harlem Huang (Taiwan) & Emily Ku (Taiwan)Mentoring Assistant / Cindy Chen (Taiwan)Team Members / Kai Lan Huang (Taiwan), Takuya Hoshi (Japan), Chi Jiun Liang (Taiwan), Yi Hsiu Liu (Taiwan) & Elina Pohja (Finland)

TEAM52011 ASIAN SMART LIVING SUMMER SCHOOL

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DEFINEAs we reflected on the three days of discovery trips, we reviewed the experiences that had the biggest impact, and we defined these observations with key words. We then used those words to define our version of a Neverland, including what would be the subject group of the service, the qualities of the Neverland, and the key values that we wished to convey through Neverland. We found that students faced many obstacles, such as being viewed as the strawberry generation, graduation straight to unemployment, and an inability to pursue one’s goals. Being that students should be the hope for the next generation, we hoped to improve this situation.

From the elders in Yishanli, we learned that as long as people could find value in existence, they could be happy and confident. As such, we want people to be able to find their own values and regain their confidence through our Neverland. In the process, we used mind maps and voting to locate the key words that define Neverland, and we used conceptual collection and voting to choose the subject of our service.

Dharma Drum Mountain: meditation and observation. Everything in daily living can be the part of Zen practice.

Yishanli Community: we found that elders possessed the knowledge and life experience

the younger generation lacked. In addition, the elders in this community actually look forward to having more communication with the younger generations. Through activities, we communicated with the elders, which inspired us to want to do something for them.

Xinpu Township: our immersion into rural life revealed to us the persistence of the local people in facing the hardships of life. Also, we learned the industriousness with which they approach persimmons.

DISCOVER

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We used Point of View (P.O.V) in the development stage where everyone presented a sentence to clearly define the user needs and their insights.

After P.O.V., we identified the problems and demands of users and the causes behind problems. Students need interpersonal relationships to find jobs and learn more skills, while elders need interpersonal interaction for to feel vital and happy. We then began brainstorming from these key concepts.

We presented different ideas in the previous stage and then categorized these ideas and gradually sorted out a framework. Here we used a Scenario to set up the subject of use and situation of use, and then planned the complete service framework and network service framework through service blue prints to ensure the accuracy of the service procedure. Finally, we created visualized graphic simulations and made a storyboard that encompassed the complete service. This was made into a short film to deliver the service procedure.

DEVELOP

DELIVER

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATIONHow to integrate and maintain ancient wisdom and traditions to the modern society? How to build a happy, well functioning and communicative society for every generation?

A new service opportunity created to serve elderly people. It’s all about stories : ATTRACT, CONNECT, ENABLE. But it is more than just stories;it is about the people behind them and connecting.

The elder The youth

1. The elder feels there aren’t enough opportunities to be more useful and important. 2. It would be nice to meet young people more often and sometimes have a good pair of young, helping hands.

1. Apply what the student has learned in

an authentic environment2. Get new learning

experiences by co-innovating3. Get material for professional

portfolio4. Increase networking

Grandma Fu-main is 75 years old and lives in Hsinchu. She is active and quite happy and satisfied with her life. Grandma gets very interested in the new MTS service.

The MTS system help grandma connect with a young man named Polar, who is a 22-year-old student majoring in civil engineering. Polar is interested in the story sharing service.

Polar contacts grandma and grandma accommodates Polar.

Polar feels well cared for and they communicate, share stories, and learn about each other.

He discovers that the elderly people are afraid to adapt to new technology, and he builds a robot prototype to help them.

Grandma and Polar are happy about the visit and the chance to get to know each other. They are good friends now!

SCENARIO STORY

CONCEPT

GOOD!

FINAL PRESENTATION