Dates: 13-15 October 2020
Location: National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, India
Website: RSD9
Deadline for submission of abstracts: UPDATED 10 May 2020
The theme for the 2020 symposium is Systemic Design for Well-Being (From Human Centred to Humane), which calls for design outcomes and programs informed by research, real applications and practices to address problems in the unbounded complexity of social and ecological systems.
In our myopic race towards progress humans have forgotten the interdependent web of life, putting the entire planet and its living beings deeper into issues of climate change, food scarcity, financial instability, energy shortages and resource unavailability. It is only through the lens of systemic thinking, with an understanding of the relational nature of action on any scale being resonated at all levels, can resolving of these issues be meaningful. We can with shifting our focus to a holistic human service approach and revisiting our ‘ways of understanding’ synchronise nature’s dynamic balance and our well-being.
Systemic design addresses social complexity at multiple levels of interaction: Sociotechnical work practices and technology, organizational practices, complex service design and integration of products, services and practice, social movements and collective action, policy design, and other forms of social system design.
We are interested in studies and projects that bridge differing epistemic and methodological commitments, rigorously adapting from system theories and design methods, and across socio-technical and ecological approaches to systems.
The RSD9 call requests an extended abstract expressing your proposal to share original research, methods and practices, case studies, panel sessions/dialogues, systemic design posters, or workshops.
As proceedings from prior RSD symposia show, not all topics may be represented in the final conference. We will design the final presentation tracks “emergently” based on the papers selected from the review process.
See also: https://systemic-design.net/rsd-symposia/.
This call is for presentations only, a separate call for workshops and participatory activities, and posters will follow.
We encourage you to submit your abstracts and to consider joining the workshops. Contributions at different stages of development will be considered, and may range from work in progress to completed research or case studies. Insights from ongoing fieldwork, practice, design inquiry, and research using mixed methods in systems-oriented design are all welcome.
Reviews are conducted by two independent reviewers experienced in peer review and the RSD symposia. Reviews will consider the following the criteria of: Fit to themes, Significance, Originality, Balance or depth of design and systemics, and Maturity (readiness for presentation). Accepted abstracts will be asked to give a 20 minute presentation at the symposium. Papers not accepted for the main paper tracks may be asked to consider a Poster, or if appropriate, a Dialogue session. Please see the RSD9 website for guidelines on the symposium presentations and formats for presentation and discussion.
Submit your conference abstract at EasyChair.
You will create an author account to submit an abstract.
The schedule for abstracts and reviews is as follows (Tentative):
February 15 Call for workshops and posters / gigamaps / artefacts
April 24 Abstracts due (submit via EasyChair)
May 30 Reviews and responses to authors
June 11 Posters, Dialogues and Workshops due
June 27 Final selection responses
All selected papers will be presented at the symposium, where we invite participants to engage with authors with questions and feedback that might contribute to general learning and application. Presenting authors will be asked to provide a public version of their presentation for the RSD9 proceedings immediately following the conference and a proceedings working paper (date TBD, early 2021).
As in prior RSD symposia, several key papers will be invited by the program committee to submit a full paper for publication in a design research journal. The most important Journals are Formakademisk and SheJi. To see published special issues with academic papers go to https://systemic-design.net/publications/.
Other publishing opportunities may be available as well for papers in certain topic areas or significance.
A special call invites students, designers and academics to submit visualization works that will be part of the exhibition “Visualizing Complexity and Sense Making”, concerning how design can help visualizing, explaining and navigating complexity.
Please contact us if you have questions. We hope to see in Ahmedabad this October.
For more information: rsd9@nid.edu.
The Systemic Design Association (SDA) is a democratic membership association for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field, and the organizers of the RSD Symposia series . To read more and register as a member see https://www.systemic-design.net.
National Institute of Design Ahmedabad is India’s first design institute setup in 1961 is an ‘Institution of National Importance’ by the Act of Parliament. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
Location: National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, India
Website: RSD9
Deadline for submission of abstracts: UPDATED 10 May 2020
About RSD
The Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium series started in Oslo in 2012 with RSD1. The symposium series has the intention to promote and foster the emerging practices and theory development for Systemic Design for complex contexts. RSD has been held in Europe and North America, in Oslo, Banff, Toronto, Torino and Chicago. This time RSD will be held at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.About RSD9
We’re accepting responses for participation for RSD9, the 9th Symposium of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, October 13-15, 2020 at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.The theme for the 2020 symposium is Systemic Design for Well-Being (From Human Centred to Humane), which calls for design outcomes and programs informed by research, real applications and practices to address problems in the unbounded complexity of social and ecological systems.
In our myopic race towards progress humans have forgotten the interdependent web of life, putting the entire planet and its living beings deeper into issues of climate change, food scarcity, financial instability, energy shortages and resource unavailability. It is only through the lens of systemic thinking, with an understanding of the relational nature of action on any scale being resonated at all levels, can resolving of these issues be meaningful. We can with shifting our focus to a holistic human service approach and revisiting our ‘ways of understanding’ synchronise nature’s dynamic balance and our well-being.
Systemic design addresses social complexity at multiple levels of interaction: Sociotechnical work practices and technology, organizational practices, complex service design and integration of products, services and practice, social movements and collective action, policy design, and other forms of social system design.
Call for RSD9
The 2020 theme calls for research and fruitful case studies that share results and impacts with the RSD community. Together, we’ll explore real-world contexts where sustainability, co-designing, policymaking, and ecology are already colliding, as well as new tools and methodologies to evolve our individual and collective points of view about leadership and the transformative practices -and challenges-of large-scale collaboration for the betterment of all the species on Planet Earth.We are interested in studies and projects that bridge differing epistemic and methodological commitments, rigorously adapting from system theories and design methods, and across socio-technical and ecological approaches to systems.
The RSD9 call requests an extended abstract expressing your proposal to share original research, methods and practices, case studies, panel sessions/dialogues, systemic design posters, or workshops.
RSD9 themes and challenge areas
We encourage both academic (research) and practitioner responses to the following themes/challenge areas:- Systemic thinking for creating products, services and systems for contentment and sustainability
- Systems and design studies for peace, world futures, and conflict transitions
- Indigenous knowledges and approaches to stewardship for ecological systems
- Socially constructed scientific knowledge systems
- Systems for equity, collectivism, co-design and citizen movements
- Pedagogics of systemic design, holistic pedagogy frameworks for inclusive development of individuals, teams, and surroundings
- Policies for the well being of ecology.
- Circular economy and flourishing
- Systemic thinking for participatory and democratic policy design and civic engagement.
- Methodology, philosophy and theory of systemic design
- Shortcomings and learning from failures of systems interventions
- Systemic communication: Visual dialogues, non-violent communication, cybernetics of dialogues.
- Open Track: any issue relevant to systemic design
As proceedings from prior RSD symposia show, not all topics may be represented in the final conference. We will design the final presentation tracks “emergently” based on the papers selected from the review process.
See also: https://systemic-design.net/rsd-symposia/.
CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
The conference invites presentations, workshops, panel proposals, system narrative posters and complex visualizations (Gigamaps).This call is for presentations only, a separate call for workshops and participatory activities, and posters will follow.
Presentation Tracks
Participants submit abstracts that will be clustered around thematic areas, and they give brief presentations about their work. These presentations will be followed by loosely structured conversations facilitated by an experienced moderator. The submitted abstracts, presentations and final papers will be published in the conference proceedings.Submission Process
Abstracts should be no more than 1000 words, listing all authors and affiliations, and summarizing the research or a case study proposed for presentation. Inclusion of key images is encouraged. Please provide references for all citations (APA format).We encourage you to submit your abstracts and to consider joining the workshops. Contributions at different stages of development will be considered, and may range from work in progress to completed research or case studies. Insights from ongoing fieldwork, practice, design inquiry, and research using mixed methods in systems-oriented design are all welcome.
Reviews are conducted by two independent reviewers experienced in peer review and the RSD symposia. Reviews will consider the following the criteria of: Fit to themes, Significance, Originality, Balance or depth of design and systemics, and Maturity (readiness for presentation). Accepted abstracts will be asked to give a 20 minute presentation at the symposium. Papers not accepted for the main paper tracks may be asked to consider a Poster, or if appropriate, a Dialogue session. Please see the RSD9 website for guidelines on the symposium presentations and formats for presentation and discussion.
Submit your conference abstract at EasyChair.
You will create an author account to submit an abstract.
The schedule for abstracts and reviews is as follows (Tentative):
February 15 Call for workshops and posters / gigamaps / artefacts
April 24 Abstracts due (submit via EasyChair)
May 30 Reviews and responses to authors
June 11 Posters, Dialogues and Workshops due
June 27 Final selection responses
All selected papers will be presented at the symposium, where we invite participants to engage with authors with questions and feedback that might contribute to general learning and application. Presenting authors will be asked to provide a public version of their presentation for the RSD9 proceedings immediately following the conference and a proceedings working paper (date TBD, early 2021).
As in prior RSD symposia, several key papers will be invited by the program committee to submit a full paper for publication in a design research journal. The most important Journals are Formakademisk and SheJi. To see published special issues with academic papers go to https://systemic-design.net/publications/.
Other publishing opportunities may be available as well for papers in certain topic areas or significance.
A special call invites students, designers and academics to submit visualization works that will be part of the exhibition “Visualizing Complexity and Sense Making”, concerning how design can help visualizing, explaining and navigating complexity.
Please contact us if you have questions. We hope to see in Ahmedabad this October.
For more information: rsd9@nid.edu.
The Systemic Design Association (SDA) is a democratic membership association for researchers and practitioners engaged in the field, and the organizers of the RSD Symposia series . To read more and register as a member see https://www.systemic-design.net.
National Institute of Design Ahmedabad is India’s first design institute setup in 1961 is an ‘Institution of National Importance’ by the Act of Parliament. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
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