RSD13-OSLO ARCHIVE

rsd13 oslo school of architecture and design single track symposium

IN-PERSON

October 22•23•25

RSD13-OSLO engaged the metaphor of rivers to play the main role as a source of inspiration. The single-track agenda with all sessions held in plenary supported the flow of conversations.

Conversations are the heart of any systemic design process. They might be intentionally formal, organic or supported by designerly visual dialogue, such as gigamaps and jumping conversations. This perspective represents a major step away from thinking about our societies in a cause-and-effect way.

How can we influence such organic tributaries, streams, channels, and floods of conversations? The answer is not easy, especially in the age of social media and AI. We can influence conversations by participating in and initiating them. As systemic designers, we can design situations, events, venues, digital systems, any imaginable object and action, and consequently, conversations to address these issues.

PAPER TALKS & PRESENTATIONS

A selection of paper talks was presented based on topics of interest to Norwegian delegates, international or global relevance, and the rankings of peer reviewers. Authors are encouraged to consider inputs and feedback from their talk and the RSD13 sessions they attend to make adjustments to their final paper.

KEYNOTES, PANELS & DISCUSSIONS

Each day, RSD13-OSLO keynotes sparked the day’s conversations through panels and discussions. The approach is inspired by Ralph Stacey’s approach to the dynamics of human interaction (2011):

The essentially reﬂexive nature of human consciousness and self-consciousness means that we have the capacity to reﬂect imaginatively on these patterns, both local and population-wide, articulating both the habitual and the just emerging transformations and, in doing so, either sustain the habitual or reinforce the transformation (p. 362).

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