Palak Dudani

As the push for intersection between decolonial and post-colonial perspectives, and technology design and HCI continues to grow, the natural challenge of embracing different ways of approaching knowledge production without ’othering’ begins to emerge. In this paper, we offer what we call ’decolonial paths’, possible portals to navigate through this challenge... Read »

Design universities face challenges to their curricula, pedagogies, research and professional practices in the context of a world beset by increased complexity and rapid change. In this framing type paper located in an experimental relational ontology we take up the context and conditions of such change and the development of what we term ‘design futures literacies’... Read »

The Design-Analysis Framework offers a multi-level nuanced approach for attempting systemic issues of large scale and complexity. The Framework analyses the systems in their present form, digging deep into underlying logics to reveal embedded mindsets and values... Read »

The H-SEIF project ‘Technology with Empathy’ was a three-year (2017-2020) research collaboration project between industry and academia funded by Oslofjordfondet and in- kind by partners. This book is written to inspire systems engineering practitioners and create curiosity about new ways of working to take the step towards significant innovations... Read »

This paper argues that a Systems Oriented Design (SOD) view has the potential to articulate and materialise community centred notions of care and wellbeing when exploring alternative futures within complex systems... Read »

Words and language are inextricably linked with a designer’s ability to shape futures, both productively and analytically. In this workshop, the participants will be introduced to a suite of tools curated for an exploration into the role of language within futures design projects... Read »

This study examines the impact of conversations in public healthcare service design. We define what constitutes design conversations and the role they play in design processes for complex adaptive systems (CAS). Then, we explore the nature and use of conversations in two embedded design lab interventions in two hospital settings... Read »

As the world in which we live becomes more complex and contested, economically and politically but also in terms of rapid and long-lasting environmental change, design education faces new demands and challenges. We frame and situate these in terms of what we call “design futures literacies... Read »

In Norway, urban gentrification has been characterised by replacement of original occupants in previously working class neighbourhoods by middle-class or higher income groups (Hjorthol & Bjørnskau 2005). By posing the core research question ‘What is gentrification in Norwegian context?’ we bring out relevant information and terms to be mapped in a spatio-temporal frame... Read »

This paper explores how despite progressive egalitarian policies, systems can have inherent power dynamics that gravitate towards systemic inequities... Read »

This paper addresses the problem of bridging silos. This is a universal problem found throughout the public and private sectors. It is a challenge when different organisations need to cooperate as well as when departments within the same organisation need to communicate... Read »