Participatory Data Installations of PERMA

In this five-day workshop student teams conceptualized and built non-digital installations that reflect the happiness strategies from Positive Psychology in order to understand Jiangnan University students' mental wellness status as well as to promote positive thinking and positive behaviors among college students. Each of the the five student teams were assigned with one pillar of the PERMA model defined by Martin Seligman, founder of positive psychology - positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and accompolishment - as their design goals. The installations intend to serve the purpose of gathering data from general audiences, implementing PERMA theory of well-being, and visualizing data with a clear message.

Publication: 02.2022 Shen Y. Supporting Student Mental Health in an information Design Class By Employing Approaches Derived From Positive Psychology Dialectics Vol. 3 Issue 1, AIGA Design Educators’ Community and Michigan Publishing https://doi.org/10.3998/dialectic.14932326.0003.106