<p>Socially engaged design programs, community
development coalitions, and intentional and unintentional design spaces are
rich with expertise and thinkers who are developing solutions to very pressing,
yet complicated problems. Little research has been conducted on the expertise
and sense-making of the community partners who participate in these situations.
The goal of this research endeavor is to unpack the ways various community
partners make meaning of their design experiences by answering the question:
What evidence of system’s thinking can be seen in the way community partners
describe their work or context? A qualitative research study was conducted in
which three community partners were interviewed at various points during their
engagement with socially engaged design programs. They demonstrated their systems thinking
ability most strongly across the following domains: differentiate and qualify
elements, explore multiple perspectives, consider issues appropriately,
recognize systems, identify and characterize relationships. These findings imply
that the community partners are not only capable of systems thinking but have
the potential to be more deeply involved in <a>developing solutions</a> within
these settings. Future studies should investigate systems thinking beyond
socially engaged design in formal settings and should consider investigation
protocols that more directly surface systems thinking domains. Overall, this study contributes to existing work in systems thinking
by calling for a more expansive and inclusive engagement of community partners in
socially engaged work.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/14364683 |
| Date | 07 May 2021 |
| Creators | Chanel M Beebe (10520390) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/SYSTEMS_THINKING_IN_SOCIALLY_ENGAGED_DESIGN_SETTINGS/14364683 |
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