Abstract
Integrative flourishing stems from patterns of eating, living, and engaging with the world that promotes well-being and a healthy environment. For proliferating
integrative flourishing, we need to explore novel, design-led collaborations for
remaking artifacts and human organization. In this study, participants-cum-makers fermented their urine for a substrate in which to grow lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and thereby create a simple material relationship between their bodies and the plants.
Process documentation and interviews with the 22 participants evaluated the key
aspects that promoted their social engagement and thriving during the two-month experiment. The analysis revealed how jointly encountered technical ambiguity stimulated curiosity and how a unifying purpose promoted adaptive co-creation and mutual support. In synergetic dynamics, these factors contributed to the integrative flourishing in the waste upcycling collective. The findings indicate the importance of recursive self-regulation following interaction with an ‘other’. The study outlines a systemic model for practitioners’ use to orient collectivist design that positively affects environmental relationships.
integrative flourishing, we need to explore novel, design-led collaborations for
remaking artifacts and human organization. In this study, participants-cum-makers fermented their urine for a substrate in which to grow lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and thereby create a simple material relationship between their bodies and the plants.
Process documentation and interviews with the 22 participants evaluated the key
aspects that promoted their social engagement and thriving during the two-month experiment. The analysis revealed how jointly encountered technical ambiguity stimulated curiosity and how a unifying purpose promoted adaptive co-creation and mutual support. In synergetic dynamics, these factors contributed to the integrative flourishing in the waste upcycling collective. The findings indicate the importance of recursive self-regulation following interaction with an ‘other’. The study outlines a systemic model for practitioners’ use to orient collectivist design that positively affects environmental relationships.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | NERD 2 – New Experimental Research in Design 2 |
| Editors | Michael Erlhoff, Wolfgang Jonas, Michelle Christensen |
| Place of Publication | Basel |
| Publisher | Birkhauser Verlag Basel |
| Pages | 173 |
| Number of pages | 185 |
| Volume | 2021 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783035623659 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 May 2021 |
