This document proposes an app called the 21st Century Economy App for Cross-Species CoLiving. The app aims to redefine humanity's relationship with the natural environment by establishing a transactional system that provides mutual benefit and value exchange between humans and other species/environmental factors. It would use blockchain technology and complimentary currencies to give agency to non-human entities. The app was developed using HTML, JavaScript, C# and other technologies to be cross-compatible. It seeks to shift economic models towards being more reflective of humanity's dependence on healthy ecosystems and transition towards a post-anthropocentric approach that is multi-centered and recognizes the agency of all species.
RSD10 Keynote. Dr Klaus Krippendorff suggests that designers become critical of what their work supports and cognizant of and accountable for the systemic consequences of their designs.
The main mission of systems-oriented design is to build the designer’s own interpretation and implementation of systems thinking so that systems thinking can fully benefit from design thinking and practice and vice versa.
The document discusses the concept of "transversal design" as an approach to systemic design that aims to glimpse wholeness. It explores transversal design as a fluid, creative process that nurtures radical encounters where different perspectives generate new understandings of "we". The document outlines several key principles of transversal design, including that wholeness is emergent, glimpsed through particulars, and sensed rather than understood. It also presents various design practices and materials that could foster a transversal mindset focused on humility, mystery, relationships and collective presence.
1) The document discusses intimacy in remote communication and proposes opportunities to design for intimacy through various sensory modalities like sight, sound, smell, and touch.
2) It provides examples of experiential art projects that aimed to foster intimacy remotely, such as Telematic Dreaming in 1992 and a Situationist iPhone app from 2011.
3) The conclusion cites Humberto Maturana stating that acceptance of others beside us is the biological foundation of social phenomena and humanity. Without this, there is no social process.
This document provides an overview of several topics related to the politics of designed im/materiality including:
1) What points of friction within existing human-made systems reveal politically, culturally, and ecologically and the implications of bodily registers that process intended and unintended frictions within these systems.
2) It discusses human-made systems and design as the organization and materialization of logics.
3) References notions of democracy, points of friction, policy making and design, forms of attachment, and affective weight or bodily registers of intended and unintended impacts of human-made systems.
A cross-sectoral project for the systemic design of regional dyeing value chains
https://rsdsymposium.org/design-circular-colours-regional-dyeing-value-chains/
The document discusses Arctic Design (AD) as a new domain that focuses on human adaptation, safety, and wellbeing in extreme Arctic environments. It proposes AD as a framework to organize autonomous existence through technology creation. The researchers aim to develop AD into a coherent methodology through content analysis and evaluating past Arctic projects. Their methodology involves fieldwork with DIY communities to stimulate locally relevant technologies for living in remote Arctic areas. The implications of AD include bringing new insights about human-technology relationships in influential environments and enhancing technology credibility for other contexts while challenging ideas of "placelessness."
This document proposes an app called the 21st Century Economy App for Cross-Species CoLiving. The app aims to redefine humanity's relationship with the natural environment by establishing a transactional system that provides mutual benefit and value exchange between humans and other species/environmental factors. It would use blockchain technology and complimentary currencies to give agency to non-human entities. The app was developed using HTML, JavaScript, C# and other technologies to be cross-compatible. It seeks to shift economic models towards being more reflective of humanity's dependence on healthy ecosystems and transition towards a post-anthropocentric approach that is multi-centered and recognizes the agency of all species.
RSD10 Keynote. Dr Klaus Krippendorff suggests that designers become critical of what their work supports and cognizant of and accountable for the systemic consequences of their designs.
The main mission of systems-oriented design is to build the designer’s own interpretation and implementation of systems thinking so that systems thinking can fully benefit from design thinking and practice and vice versa.
The document discusses the concept of "transversal design" as an approach to systemic design that aims to glimpse wholeness. It explores transversal design as a fluid, creative process that nurtures radical encounters where different perspectives generate new understandings of "we". The document outlines several key principles of transversal design, including that wholeness is emergent, glimpsed through particulars, and sensed rather than understood. It also presents various design practices and materials that could foster a transversal mindset focused on humility, mystery, relationships and collective presence.
1) The document discusses intimacy in remote communication and proposes opportunities to design for intimacy through various sensory modalities like sight, sound, smell, and touch.
2) It provides examples of experiential art projects that aimed to foster intimacy remotely, such as Telematic Dreaming in 1992 and a Situationist iPhone app from 2011.
3) The conclusion cites Humberto Maturana stating that acceptance of others beside us is the biological foundation of social phenomena and humanity. Without this, there is no social process.
This document provides an overview of several topics related to the politics of designed im/materiality including:
1) What points of friction within existing human-made systems reveal politically, culturally, and ecologically and the implications of bodily registers that process intended and unintended frictions within these systems.
2) It discusses human-made systems and design as the organization and materialization of logics.
3) References notions of democracy, points of friction, policy making and design, forms of attachment, and affective weight or bodily registers of intended and unintended impacts of human-made systems.
A cross-sectoral project for the systemic design of regional dyeing value chains
https://rsdsymposium.org/design-circular-colours-regional-dyeing-value-chains/
The document discusses Arctic Design (AD) as a new domain that focuses on human adaptation, safety, and wellbeing in extreme Arctic environments. It proposes AD as a framework to organize autonomous existence through technology creation. The researchers aim to develop AD into a coherent methodology through content analysis and evaluating past Arctic projects. Their methodology involves fieldwork with DIY communities to stimulate locally relevant technologies for living in remote Arctic areas. The implications of AD include bringing new insights about human-technology relationships in influential environments and enhancing technology credibility for other contexts while challenging ideas of "placelessness."
This document profiles Dan Lockton, an assistant professor who researches metaphors and systems. It summarizes some of his work on making imaginaries tangible, including developing new metaphors through workshops and using tangible objects to externalize mental models. It also discusses how metaphors are abstract models and maps rather than the direct things themselves, and how describing systems relies on metaphorical frameworks.
This document proposes tension manifolds as a design medium for enabling collective action on complex social issues. It describes tensions that emerge from stakeholders' differing perspectives on an issue, forming dynamic fields that influence perceptions and relationships. Tension manifolds represent these tensions spatially, with curvature and intersections depicting paradoxes. The design strategies are to alter stakeholders' perspectives; identify high-tension structures; and define points to adjust pre-loaded tensions and relationships, allowing greater freedom. Tension manifolds conceptualize tensions as a design surface for collaborative exploration and identification of affordances.
Designing a student and staff well-being feedback loop to inform university policy and governance
https://rsdsymposium.org/mywellnesscheck-designing-a-student-and-staff-well-being-feedback-loop-to-inform-university-policy-and-governance/
Balancing Acceleration and Systemic Impact: Finding leverage for transformation in SDG change strategies
https://rsdsymposium.org/balancing-acceleration-and-systemic-impact-finding-leverage-for-transformation-in-sdg-change-strategies/
The document discusses using scenarios for system prototyping in strategic design and multi-disciplinary option evaluation. It describes how the Institute for Design Research at HBK Braunschweig develops user-oriented design through projects, research, and study programs. It also outlines challenges in modeling future systems and discusses approaches like using scenarios, trends analysis, and future-oriented user research to develop visions of alternative futures in 2050. Methods like morphological analysis and Delphi techniques are applied to generate scenarios across technical, social and political factors for holistic evaluation.
This document discusses the work of Jane Addams and systems design. It suggests we can learn from Addams' approaches of participatory and situated engagement, historical and geographical mapping, and rhetorical framing to address wicked problems. Addams worked on issues like labor rights, women's rights, and international peace in early 20th century Chicago through situated and relational design. The document advocates generating prototypes with synthetic imagination, moving at the speed of trust, and cultivating change through proximity, collaborative modeling, and situated historical and geographic mapping.
This document discusses how metaphors can be used as tools within systemic design to engage with complex systems. It presents five metaphor themes - associating, embodying, diversifying, materializing, and probing - that correspond to different design actions and allow designers to grapple with the fuzzy qualities of complex systems. Through a case study on the Norwegian housing system, it demonstrates how metaphors can reveal different perspectives, elevate lived experiences, question current structures, and enable envisioning of alternatives. The document argues that metaphors are useful conceptual devices for systemic designers to structurally reimagine complex realities.
The document presents a model called the Transition Readiness Profile for identifying how and where design can intervene in system transitions. The profile aims to anticipate the dynamics of a system transition and identify opportunities for design to accelerate the transition. It does this through analyzing stakeholders at the individual, organizational, and system levels, and mapping values, behaviors, relationships, and "capitals of power" to understand transition readiness. The profile was tested through an exploratory pilot study of a transition to a food system with less consumer food waste.
This document discusses using storytelling as a tool for systems design. It argues that storytelling can help communicate complex, intangible system data by embedding context, perspectives, and interconnections. Storytelling stimulates interpretation of complexity, unlocks imagination, and fosters collaboration across disciplines. The document introduces the concept of "systemic storytelling" using parallel, intersecting storylines to represent a system. It provides examples of using roleplaying and visual story maps to understand collaboration dynamics within an organization and communicate sustainability transformations. The conclusion states that systemic storytelling can help gather system data, facilitate understanding of perspectives, represent complex systems, and ideate on future states, but more validation and practical tools are needed.
This document discusses tensions that arise in conservation projects in vulnerable Himalayan regions. It focuses on a project in Lachen Village, Sikkim that aims to leverage indigenous knowledge, collaboration, and technology. The project faces two main tensions: 1) integrating knowledge from multiple stakeholders, including local and scientific knowledge systems; and 2) balancing short-term mass tourism values with long-term sustainability. The project uses methods like mapping, interviews, and prototyping interventions to better understand these tensions and find ways to embrace them in the conservation efforts.
This document discusses using second-order design fictions to explore post-work society transitions by resisting consensus. It references mental models produced by participants in the "After Work" project exploring this topic. It also references related projects on crisis, difference, sense-making, and Bateson's concept of play frames and meta-frames. Several images are sourced from papers on these projects presented at a recent design research conference.
THE SACRIFICE HOW PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS STUDENTS ARE SACRIFICING TO CHANGE T...indexPub
The recent surge in pro-Palestine student activism has prompted significant responses from universities, ranging from negotiations and divestment commitments to increased transparency about investments in companies supporting the war on Gaza. This activism has led to the cessation of student encampments but also highlighted the substantial sacrifices made by students, including academic disruptions and personal risks. The primary drivers of these protests are poor university administration, lack of transparency, and inadequate communication between officials and students. This study examines the profound emotional, psychological, and professional impacts on students engaged in pro-Palestine protests, focusing on Generation Z's (Gen-Z) activism dynamics. This paper explores the significant sacrifices made by these students and even the professors supporting the pro-Palestine movement, with a focus on recent global movements. Through an in-depth analysis of printed and electronic media, the study examines the impacts of these sacrifices on the academic and personal lives of those involved. The paper highlights examples from various universities, demonstrating student activism's long-term and short-term effects, including disciplinary actions, social backlash, and career implications. The researchers also explore the broader implications of student sacrifices. The findings reveal that these sacrifices are driven by a profound commitment to justice and human rights, and are influenced by the increasing availability of information, peer interactions, and personal convictions. The study also discusses the broader implications of this activism, comparing it to historical precedents and assessing its potential to influence policy and public opinion. The emotional and psychological toll on student activists is significant, but their sense of purpose and community support mitigates some of these challenges. However, the researchers call for acknowledging the broader Impact of these sacrifices on the future global movement of FreePalestine.
This document profiles Dan Lockton, an assistant professor who researches metaphors and systems. It summarizes some of his work on making imaginaries tangible, including developing new metaphors through workshops and using tangible objects to externalize mental models. It also discusses how metaphors are abstract models and maps rather than the direct things themselves, and how describing systems relies on metaphorical frameworks.
This document proposes tension manifolds as a design medium for enabling collective action on complex social issues. It describes tensions that emerge from stakeholders' differing perspectives on an issue, forming dynamic fields that influence perceptions and relationships. Tension manifolds represent these tensions spatially, with curvature and intersections depicting paradoxes. The design strategies are to alter stakeholders' perspectives; identify high-tension structures; and define points to adjust pre-loaded tensions and relationships, allowing greater freedom. Tension manifolds conceptualize tensions as a design surface for collaborative exploration and identification of affordances.
Designing a student and staff well-being feedback loop to inform university policy and governance
https://rsdsymposium.org/mywellnesscheck-designing-a-student-and-staff-well-being-feedback-loop-to-inform-university-policy-and-governance/
Balancing Acceleration and Systemic Impact: Finding leverage for transformation in SDG change strategies
https://rsdsymposium.org/balancing-acceleration-and-systemic-impact-finding-leverage-for-transformation-in-sdg-change-strategies/
The document discusses using scenarios for system prototyping in strategic design and multi-disciplinary option evaluation. It describes how the Institute for Design Research at HBK Braunschweig develops user-oriented design through projects, research, and study programs. It also outlines challenges in modeling future systems and discusses approaches like using scenarios, trends analysis, and future-oriented user research to develop visions of alternative futures in 2050. Methods like morphological analysis and Delphi techniques are applied to generate scenarios across technical, social and political factors for holistic evaluation.
This document discusses the work of Jane Addams and systems design. It suggests we can learn from Addams' approaches of participatory and situated engagement, historical and geographical mapping, and rhetorical framing to address wicked problems. Addams worked on issues like labor rights, women's rights, and international peace in early 20th century Chicago through situated and relational design. The document advocates generating prototypes with synthetic imagination, moving at the speed of trust, and cultivating change through proximity, collaborative modeling, and situated historical and geographic mapping.
This document discusses how metaphors can be used as tools within systemic design to engage with complex systems. It presents five metaphor themes - associating, embodying, diversifying, materializing, and probing - that correspond to different design actions and allow designers to grapple with the fuzzy qualities of complex systems. Through a case study on the Norwegian housing system, it demonstrates how metaphors can reveal different perspectives, elevate lived experiences, question current structures, and enable envisioning of alternatives. The document argues that metaphors are useful conceptual devices for systemic designers to structurally reimagine complex realities.
The document presents a model called the Transition Readiness Profile for identifying how and where design can intervene in system transitions. The profile aims to anticipate the dynamics of a system transition and identify opportunities for design to accelerate the transition. It does this through analyzing stakeholders at the individual, organizational, and system levels, and mapping values, behaviors, relationships, and "capitals of power" to understand transition readiness. The profile was tested through an exploratory pilot study of a transition to a food system with less consumer food waste.
This document discusses using storytelling as a tool for systems design. It argues that storytelling can help communicate complex, intangible system data by embedding context, perspectives, and interconnections. Storytelling stimulates interpretation of complexity, unlocks imagination, and fosters collaboration across disciplines. The document introduces the concept of "systemic storytelling" using parallel, intersecting storylines to represent a system. It provides examples of using roleplaying and visual story maps to understand collaboration dynamics within an organization and communicate sustainability transformations. The conclusion states that systemic storytelling can help gather system data, facilitate understanding of perspectives, represent complex systems, and ideate on future states, but more validation and practical tools are needed.
This document discusses tensions that arise in conservation projects in vulnerable Himalayan regions. It focuses on a project in Lachen Village, Sikkim that aims to leverage indigenous knowledge, collaboration, and technology. The project faces two main tensions: 1) integrating knowledge from multiple stakeholders, including local and scientific knowledge systems; and 2) balancing short-term mass tourism values with long-term sustainability. The project uses methods like mapping, interviews, and prototyping interventions to better understand these tensions and find ways to embrace them in the conservation efforts.
This document discusses using second-order design fictions to explore post-work society transitions by resisting consensus. It references mental models produced by participants in the "After Work" project exploring this topic. It also references related projects on crisis, difference, sense-making, and Bateson's concept of play frames and meta-frames. Several images are sourced from papers on these projects presented at a recent design research conference.
THE SACRIFICE HOW PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS STUDENTS ARE SACRIFICING TO CHANGE T...indexPub
The recent surge in pro-Palestine student activism has prompted significant responses from universities, ranging from negotiations and divestment commitments to increased transparency about investments in companies supporting the war on Gaza. This activism has led to the cessation of student encampments but also highlighted the substantial sacrifices made by students, including academic disruptions and personal risks. The primary drivers of these protests are poor university administration, lack of transparency, and inadequate communication between officials and students. This study examines the profound emotional, psychological, and professional impacts on students engaged in pro-Palestine protests, focusing on Generation Z's (Gen-Z) activism dynamics. This paper explores the significant sacrifices made by these students and even the professors supporting the pro-Palestine movement, with a focus on recent global movements. Through an in-depth analysis of printed and electronic media, the study examines the impacts of these sacrifices on the academic and personal lives of those involved. The paper highlights examples from various universities, demonstrating student activism's long-term and short-term effects, including disciplinary actions, social backlash, and career implications. The researchers also explore the broader implications of student sacrifices. The findings reveal that these sacrifices are driven by a profound commitment to justice and human rights, and are influenced by the increasing availability of information, peer interactions, and personal convictions. The study also discusses the broader implications of this activism, comparing it to historical precedents and assessing its potential to influence policy and public opinion. The emotional and psychological toll on student activists is significant, but their sense of purpose and community support mitigates some of these challenges. However, the researchers call for acknowledging the broader Impact of these sacrifices on the future global movement of FreePalestine.
Gender and Mental Health - Counselling and Family Therapy Applications and In...PsychoTech Services
A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
Elevate Your Nonprofit's Online Presence_ A Guide to Effective SEO Strategies...TechSoup
Whether you're new to SEO or looking to refine your existing strategies, this webinar will provide you with actionable insights and practical tips to elevate your nonprofit's online presence.
Temple of Asclepius in Thrace. Excavation resultsKrassimira Luka
The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
How to Setup Default Value for a Field in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, we can set a default value for a field during the creation of a record for a model. We have many methods in odoo for setting a default value to the field.
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Marie Davidová, MArch, MNAL, ARB, Ph.D. SF HEA
davidovam@cardiff.ac.uk / md@collcoll.cc
Lecturer at the Welsh School of Architecture
Founding Member and Chair of Collaborative Collective
Founding Member of Systemic Design Association
ing. Kateřina Zímová
katerina@cooland.cz
Member of Collaborative Collective
Founding Member of COOLand
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