Energy Map

What does mood mean in a Vietnamese context?

This is a question Andrew and Catherine asked themselves when designing their In The Mood Workshop in Vietnam. We sat down with Andrew to find out how they answered it!

Andrew: We had anticipated that ‘mood’ maybe a difficult term to translate in Vietnamese. Mood is understood to be about the self and though the students may struggle to see mood as a property of the city. However the students came very quickly to an understanding of the city mood as its ‘vibe’. It should be pointed out that the students English language skills were excellent. We developed a graphic for the students to use that gave them a set of criteria to evaluate the vibe of their city spaces. This energy map presented mood as negative to positive, moving horizontally, and low to high vertically. We added some descriptors despair, serene, elated, and anger, as pointers to the extremes.

Thank you for your insight Andrew!