Sarah Wong
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Sarah Wong
Interactions among the three levels (landscape, regime and niche) are social, technical, institutional, infrastructural and normative and involve both material and non-material factors.
Historical Evolution of Wicked Problems – Transition Design Seminar CMU
we are still just talking about how people relate to one another.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
French philosopher and playwright, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote:
“Existence precedes essence.”
He argues that we’re not born with an inherent purpose, but rather, that we forge it through our choices and actions. The crucial externalization of our values, beliefs, and views mean we are actively existing.
It isn’t just about making something; it is about... See more
“Existence precedes essence.”
He argues that we’re not born with an inherent purpose, but rather, that we forge it through our choices and actions. The crucial externalization of our values, beliefs, and views mean we are actively existing.
It isn’t just about making something; it is about... See more
Jaya • if you want a sense of self, make something
We focus on culture because it’s upstream of structure and policy. Do you walk past someone who is hurting or ask them what is wrong? Do you try to understand someone who is different from you? Do you think life is zero-sum and it’s every person for themselves, or do you think we’re all in it together? Those are culture questions before they are... See more
The changing dynamics of the American economy — from corporate consolidation to the decline of private unions — as well as dramatic changes in immigration policy, are noticeably missing from Putnam’s story.
An interesting example of digital engagement in practice is Wilson et. al. (2019) and the review they conduct of the Change Explorer smart watch application that enables participants to easily and quickly reflect and comment on changes in their environment, whilst in situ. The use of the Change Explorer application is particularly relevant as it... See more
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Priorities, Concerns, Values
“How would you feel if you could no longer use [ProductName]?”
a) Very disappointed
b) Somewhat disappointed
c) Not disappointed
d) N/A I no longer use [ProductName]
If they never used the product or haven’t used it in several months, you already know the answer is c or d. So ideally you’ll want to limit your sample size to people who have used the... See more
Using Product/Market Fit to Drive Sustainable Growth
the mere fact that a region is racially and ethnically diverse does not automatically mean that people are interacting more across lines of difference, or that they want to. 78 There also needs to be infrastructure and programming that helps to facilitate interactions across difference, and a culture of connection that helps to bolster such... See more