Editorial

Introduction to the Proceedings of RSD5—Systemic Design for Social Complexity

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Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD5) 2016 Symposium

RSD5 Proceedings

Chair & Editor: Peter Jones, OCADU

The RSD5 Symposium was held October 14-15, 2016, chaired by Peter Jones and hosted by OCAD University. RSD5 was organized as a joint program between Peter’s OCADU team and the MaRS Solutions Lab at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Ontario. RSD5 was held over a 3-day period with a plenary day at MaRS on Day 2, to increase the meeting capacity to 300 persons for 3 keynotes, a panel discussion and two parallel paper tracks. The Toronto design firms Bridgeable and Pivot sponsored the reception and the Eric St. Laurent jazz trio, respectively.

Joeri van den Steenhoeven, Jerry Koh, and Vanessa Toye collaborative research group, hosted at OCADU’s Strategic Innovation Lab, provided major support for the group and proceedings.

The RSD5 editorial board was Birger Sevaldson, Alex Ryan, Silvia Barbero, and Jerry Koh. Special thanks to Patricia Kambitsch, Pupul Bisht, and Maggie Greyson for the live sketchnotes. Thanks to Skyler Perkins and Macy Siu for proceedings publication development.

Peter Jones
Chair, RSD5

Toronto | 1 February 2017

RSD5 Proceedings

RSD5 Photo Journal

RSD5 photographs by George Wang and Roberto Andrade Selibe. View all photos: RSD SYMPOSIUM FLICKR SITE.

RSD5 Symposium banner

MaRS auditorium

Patricia Kambitch, Sketchnote Artist

Jerry Koh, MaRS Solutions Lab

RSD5 Delegates

Aleco Christakis & Maria Kakoulaki: Demoscopio Culture

Birger Sevaldson

Peter Jones, RSD5 Chair

Erik Stolterman: Interactivity Fields and Systems

Panel: Craft of Policy Design

Liz Sanders: Imagining a Co-Design Space for Systems

Paul Pangaro: Designing Conversations for Socially-Conscious Design

Citation Data

Author(s): RSD5 Chair & Editor, Peter Jones: Proceedings are the result of the dialogue and discursive process within the community of practice, and while it follows peer review within an extended reviewer panel, it differs from the traditional scientific publication process.

Year: 2016

Title: Introduction to the Proceedings of RSD5—Systemic Design for Social Complexity

Published in: Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design

Volume: RSD5

Article No.: 001

URL: https://rsdsymposium.org/

Host: OCAD University

Location: Toronto, Canada

Symposium Dates:

First published: 1 February 2017

Last update: 30 April 2017

Publisher Identification: ISBN 978-0-9950245-0-2

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Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (ISSN 2371-8404) are published annually by the Systemic Design Association, a non-profit scholarly association leading the research and practice of design for complex systems: 3803 Tønsberg, Norway (922 275 696).

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Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design are published online and include the contributions for each format.

Papers and presentations are entered into a single-blind peer-review process, meaning reviewers see the authors’ names but not vice versa. Reviewers consider the quality of the proposed contribution and whether it addresses topics of interest or raises relevant issues in systemic design. The review process provides feedback and possible suggestions for modifications.

The Organising Committee reviews and assesses workshops and systems maps & exhibits with input from reviewers and the Programme Committee.

Editor: Cheryl May
Advisors:
Peter Jones
Ben Sweeting

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