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Call of Survival: Stigmergy for Matters of Concern
Harsh consequences of social inequality and unsustainable practices are responsible for altered local landscapes, and an unbalanced global system challenging designers to resolve inter-linked problems of mammoth complexity, that are more than just wicked. These problems are extremely volatile and unique - a nexus of interconnected vicious loop of complex local actions exerting changes in global patterns of vast magnitude in scale as well as impact, that insist upon urgent action to ensure ‘collective survival’. To sustain and save the social and environmental fabric, we need adaptable and self-sustainable systems with equitable prospects of contestation for harnessing collective actions. We recommend stigmergy – a naturally evolved phenomenon for collective survival, as a possible approach for harnessing collective intelligence and action to achieve a common global goal, and argue for the characteristics that make it appropriate for resolving complex concerns of high magnitude.
Call of Survival: Stigmergy for Matters of Concern
Harsh consequences of social inequality and unsustainable practices are responsible for altered local landscapes, and an unbalanced global system challenging designers to resolve inter-linked problems of mammoth complexity, that are more than just wicked. These problems are extremely volatile and unique - a nexus of interconnected vicious loop of complex local actions exerting changes in global patterns of vast magnitude in scale as well as impact, that insist upon urgent action to ensure ‘collective survival’. To sustain and save the social and environmental fabric, we need adaptable and self-sustainable systems with equitable prospects of contestation for harnessing collective actions. We recommend stigmergy – a naturally evolved phenomenon for collective survival, as a possible approach for harnessing collective intelligence and action to achieve a common global goal, and argue for the characteristics that make it appropriate for resolving complex concerns of high magnitude.
Call of Survival: Stigmergy for Matters of Concern
Sharma, Shanu (author) / Patil, Koumudi (author)
The Design Journal ; 20 ; S2883-S2893
2017-07-28
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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