When a tree is also a multispecies collective, a photosynthesis process and a carbon cycle: A systemic typology of natural nonhuman stakeholders when designing for sustainability
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2021-11
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en
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11
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Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD10) 2021 Symposium, pp. 25-35, Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium Proceedings
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Design research and practice is increasingly aware of the sustainability crisis. Various initiatives have started to argue for a need to acknowledge and accommodate the needs of natural entities and systems in relation to sustainability. Such more-than-human considerations have also entered collaborative and participatory design. However, there yet seems to be a lack of broad and systemic perspectives on which natural entities to consider when designing for sustainability. Therefore, we developed a systemic typology of natural nonhuman stakeholders based on empirical study in a garden and analysis rooted in the distinctions, relationships, systems, perspectives – DRSP – theoretical structure for systems thinking. Our typology suggests seven distinct types: individual organisms, single species collectives, multi-species collectives, life processes, living systems, biogeochemical cycles and processes of the atmosphere. However, our findings indicate that one living entity represents several stakeholder types simultaneously. This illuminates a tension between the simplistic and systemic view of stakeholders in collaborative design and calls for a shift towards systemic mental models and new theories, approaches, methods and tools. In this article, we present our methodology and the typology developed; then we discuss the potential implications of the typology on collaborative and participatory design and avenues for further research.Description
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more-than-human design, multispecies design, co-design, systems thinking, Design for sustainability
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Veselova, E & Gaziulusoy, I 2021, When a tree is also a multispecies collective, a photosynthesis process and a carbon cycle: A systemic typology of natural nonhuman stakeholders when designing for sustainability . in JC Diehl, N Tromp & M van der Bijl-Brouwer (eds), Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD10) 2021 Symposium . Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium Proceedings, Systemic Design Association, The Netherlands, pp. 25-35, Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium, Delft, Netherlands, 02/11/2021 .