MiPiacce Methodology:Apragmatic method used for an analysis of pleasures provided by shoe design that developed for disabled wearers

摘要

The aim of this paper is presenting MiPiacce Methodology, which can be applied by shoe wearers to measure the pleasures provided by shoe design for women with lower limb dysmetria. Qualitative methodology, which was descriptive and interpretative, was applied with mix techniques, such as comparative analysis of secondary sources, semi-structured interviews with five health professionals, and a phenomenological methodology with nine wearers. These analysis were based on observation and were conducted by a single researcher - an inner validation. The third technique, based on semi-structured interviews with nine wearers - configuring sampling intensity - was used to collect data from primary sources. Disabled adult females were chosen. All of them had a disorder in the musculoskeletal system which has made it difficult for them to find suitable footwear over a period of more than a decade. The analytic induction was employed as the qualitative methodology of analysis for the interviews. It can be concluded that the inconsistency in the degree of pleasures provided by the same style of shoes underlines the importance of conducting a holistic analysis to detect the strong and weak points of each shoe design for the wearer. When the types of pleasure were linked to the wearers' social background, it was clear that their experiences affected their perception of pleasures and socio-cultural inclusion. It can be concluded that the understanding of the relationships referred to above can enable the production of a pleasurable shoe design which lead to effective socio-cultural inclusion, and as a result, an improvement in quality of life in terms of both physical health and well-being of the wearers.