Chapter3 - Exploring the target user
using the second language. (Veltkamp et al., 2013) Hall suggested different culture types maintain different standards of personal space, which increases the possibility of misunderstanding in intercultural communication. (Hall, 1966) During the exploration period of their first study year, they might lower/higher their high sensitivity regarding interpersonal space. By interacting with others, they adjust themselves to make new friends or perform their friendly personality.
Chapter3 - Exploring the target user
From interviews with TU Delft psychologist and confidential advisor, they noticed the pandemic isolation in the year 2020, letting people lose the normal socializing opportunity in public space. The desire to make new friends triggers them to diminish the original criteria in personal space - put them into a more dangerous place.
3.3 What are their stories? From the previous paragraph, we achieved a rough understanding of why they become an especially vulnerable group. In order to discover new insight, this chapter explores their background, past sexual violence experience, and the need for a safe college environment via interview and gernerative design research.
In the following description, there are two types of participants. The first six participants joined the generative design research, and I marked them from P1 to P6. The last five participants only
Figure 3.6 Four factors of increasing the risks for international students in a sexual harassment incident. 42
did the interview; I mark them as from P7 to P11. The Figure 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 includes the brief summary of eleven participants, and in appendix G recorded the version of the stories.
Figure 3.7 The summary of thier stories related to sexual harassment- P1, P2 43
