Producing Shared Understanding for Digital and Social Innovation: Bridging Divides with Transdisciplinary Information Experience Concepts and Methods PDF
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Producing Shared Understanding for Digital and Social Innovation Bridging Divides with Transdisciplinary Information Experience Concepts and Methods Faye Miller Producing Shared Understanding for Digital and Social Innovation Faye Miller Producing Shared Understanding for Digital and Social Innovation Bridging Divides with Transdisciplinary Information Experience Concepts and Methods Faye Miller Research and Career Development Consultancy Human Constellation Pty Ltd Canberra, Australia ISBN 978-981-15-7371-2 ISBN 978-981-15-7372-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7372-9 ©The Editor(s) (if applicable) andThe Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This work is subject to copyright. 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The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore For Raj For Maura In memory of James Alexander Miller Contents 1 Prologue 1 Retrofuturistic 1 Three Big Questions 3 How DoWe Future Proof Our Digital Lives? 3 How DoWe Produce Shared Understanding? 4 How DoWe Educate for Responsible Innovation? 5 Eight Invisible Gaps that Need Bridging 8 Making MeaningfulWork Across Boundaries 8 Transdisciplinary Collaboration and Competition 9 Human Impact and Responsible Digital Social Innovation 9 Accessibility and Public Understanding of Social Science 9 Inclusivity in Innovation 10 Tolerance, Empathy and Polarity in Shared Understanding 10 Platforms forTransdisciplinary Interaction 10 Moments of Shared Understanding 11 vii viii Contents Transdisciplinary Producing 12 Fusionist 15 Analogue Experience Guide 15 Virtual and Augmented Reality Experience Creator 16 Innovation Manager 16 Social Change Agents 17 Co-producingTransdisciplinary Knowledge 18 Shared Understanding for Digital and Social Innovation 19 References 23 Part I Concepts 2 RevealingTransdisciplinary InvisibleWork 31 The Makings of aTransdisciplinary Producer 31 Transdisciplinary Experiences and Cultures 36 Knowing the Gaps 37 Imagination and Creativity 38 Listening and Noticing 42 Bridging the Gaps 44 Problem Emergence and Multiple Stakeholders 44 Informed Learning and Personal Change 45 Revealing the Complex Social-Ecological System 47 Challenges for Social Change Agents: Revealing TransdisciplinaryWork 48 References 49 3 InformationalWaves 51 Waves Across a Universe 51 Signs of Life 52 Sustainable Resources 55 Approaches 58 Objects 59 Concepts 60 Social-Ecological Information Experiences 61 Life Moments 67 Contents ix Movements 68 Self and Audience Awareness 69 Relatable Information 70 Balanced Critique 71 Holistic Approaches 72 CuratedWaves 73 EmbodiedWaves 74 Expanding the Universe 77 Challenges for Change Agents: Understanding and Creating InformationalWaves 81 References 82 4 Transdisciplinary Resonance 85 Re-interpretingWaves 85 The Silver Lined Cloud of Resonance 86 Resonance in Cultural Shifts 87 Resonance PowersWaves 88 Informal Learning for Resonance 90 Common and Nuanced Resonance 91 Resonant Information and Learning Experiences 93 UnderstandingYourself forTransdisciplinary Innovation 94 Understanding People forTransdisciplinary Innovation 97 Co-designing for Resonant Information and Learning Experiences 100 Challenges for Change Agents: Understanding and DevelopingTransdisciplinary Resonance 101 References 102 Part II Methods 5 Turning ResonantWaves into Shared Understanding 107 References 108 6 Moments 109 Moments as aTransdisciplinary Method 109 x Contents Moments as CuratedWaves 110 Accidental Moments 111 Chronotopes and Space-Time 112 Raw Moments in Collaboration 113 Translanguage Moments 114 Healing Moments 114 Challenges for Change Agents: Understanding and Creating Moments 115 References 115 7 Paradoxes 117 Understanding ParadoxicalTensions 117 Paradoxes as aTransdisciplinary Method for Producing Shared Understanding 120 WorkingThrough Paradoxes 120 Problem: Formulating the Mess 124 Dilemma: Either/OrThinking 125 Paradox: Discovering the Link with Both/AndThinking 126 Workable Certainty: Negotiated Understanding 127 Culturally Diverse Collaborations for Shared Understanding 131 Understanding Social Innovation and Sustainable DevelopmentThrough Paradoxes 132 Challenges for Change Agents: Understanding and Navigating Paradoxes 135 References 137 8 Dialogues 139 Sparking Dialogue about Dialogue Mapping 139 References 146 9 Paradigm Shifts Towards Co-producing Shared Understanding 147 InformationalWaves as Creative and Critical Capacity 148 Unifying Bridging Concepts 149 Contents xi Producing Shared Understanding as a Creative Model for Digital and Social Innovation 149 Shared Understanding Brief for Transdisciplinary Teamwork 150 Collaborative Information Experience and Co-designing for Shared Understanding 151 References 158 Epilogue 159 Acknowledgements 161 Glossary 163 Index 171
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