Exploring Cultures through Pattern Mining - Practices from Generative Beauty Workshops

TL;DR

This paper introduces a pattern mining approach from workshops in Japan, Korea, and the US to understand cultural differences and similarities through practical knowledge expressed in pattern language.

Contribution

It presents a novel method for analyzing cultural patterns via pattern language mining from workshops across three countries.

Findings

Identified cultural similarities and differences in practical patterns

Demonstrated the effectiveness of pattern mining in cultural analysis

Provided insights into daily life practices across cultures

Abstract

This paper presents a method for understanding personal ways of thinking and doing in daily lives among different countries by mining their ways as patterns in a sense of pattern language. Pattern language is a methodology of describing tacit practical knowledge, where each pattern consists of context, problem, and solution. In this paper, patterns mined from the workshops we held in the following three countries: Japan, Korea, and the United States, are analysed. The results demonstrate similarities and reflect characteristics of the patterns of each country. We anticipate that this workshop can be used as a method for better understanding of cultural similarities and features in the light of practical knowledge in daily lives.