How does the RSD12-ONLINE and RSD12-HUBS model work?
Each day, RSD12-HUBS host a full onsite programme and broadcast focus-related sessions via RSD12-ONLINE.
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Annual Systemic Design Symposium
RELATING
SYSTEMS THINKING
AND DESIGN
A foundation for the emergence of research and inquiry
Annual Systemic Design Symposium
Relating
Systems Thinking
and Design
A foundation for the emergence of research and inquiry
October 6th–20th, 2023
RSD12: ENTANGLED IN EMERGENCE
RSD12-ONLINE + RSD12-HUBS | Organised by Georgetown University, USA
October 6th–20th, 2023
RSD12: ENTANGLED IN EMERGENCE
RSD12-ONLINE + RSD12-HUBS ORGANISED BY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, USA
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RSD12 | Call for contributions now on
RSD12 FAQs—Contributors
A running list of questions and answers related to the call for contributions.
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Memphis-Milano and Systemic Design
What’s going on with the graphics? Why the Memphis-Milano movement seemed appropriate as inspiration for RSD12.
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What and Why: Entanglements
Considering entanglements in our everyday lives, different views of entanglements, and why we chose them for RSD12.
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RSD12 Symposium: Entangled in Emergence
Entangling and unravelling are complementary processes. Even the deepest entanglements eventually unravel, and every unravelling is an opportunity for new entanglements to emerge.
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RSD12 Call for Contributions
The RSD12 call for contributions includes papers, interactive sessions, workshops, and panels.
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RSD12 | Online & Hubs
RSD12-ONLINE: Entanglements of Interest
October 6–20, 2023. Worldwide online symposium: papers, presentations, emergent sessions, and online workshops. Hosted by Georgetown University, Zoom Events.
RSD12-Ahmedabad: Design for Hopeful Futures
October 9, 2023. Solutions and strategies that are optimistic, inclusive, inspiring, and empowering. Hosted by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
RSD12-Amsterdam: Systemic Co-Design
October 10 & 11, 2023. Co-design for societal transition, which we encounter as a system. Hosted by the Expertise Network Systemic Co-Design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
RSD12-Bogotá: Design Research
October 6, 2023. Systemic design in Latin America. Hosted by Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
RSD12-Edmonton: Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom
October 10, 2023. Igniting the fire of our ancestors’ ways of knowing. ᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, amiskwacîwâskahikan. Treaty 6 Territory also known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Hosted by the Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Centre.
RSD12-Kingston: Cyber and Digital
October 8, 2023. Tensions between protection and radical change. Hosted by Kingston University, UK.
RSD12-Loughborough: Synergy between Sciences
October 13 & 14, 2023. Synergy between systems science, design science, citizen science, and data science. Hosted by Loughborough University, UK.
RSD12-Monterrey: Evolution of Participatory Ecosystems
October 9, 2023. Humanity, Health, Habitus. Hosted by Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.
RSD12-Nordmarka-Forest: Natural Dialogues
October 11–13, 2023. A forest retreat for reflexive conversations on systemic design. Hosted by SDA Norway, Nordmarka Forest.
RSD12-Pittsburgh: Colloquies for transgenerational collaboration
October 7, 2023. Systems, design, collaboration. Hosted by Carnegie Mellon University and #NewMacy, Pittsburgh, USA.
RSD12-Shenzhen: GMT+8
In-person October 14, 2023. Hosted by SUSTech School of Design, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China. RSD12-ONLINE session host for GMT+8 timezone.
RSD12-Toronto: Systemic Design Futuring
October 13 & 14, 2023. Complexity as normality considers systemic design futuring and innovation. Tkaronto, Dish with One Spoon Treaty also known as Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hosted by SDA-Toronto colleagues at OCADU University.
RSD12-Turin: Localising Systemic Change
October 16, 2023. Systemic design for territorial enhancement and industrial innovation. Hosted by Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.
RSD12-Vancouver: Designing Climate Justice
October 11 & 12, 2023. Exploring the complex challenges of climate change, equity, and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples, also known as Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Hosted by Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the City of Vancouver.
RSD12-Washington DC: Emerging from Entanglement
October 18–20, 2023. Defining new trajectories. Hosted by Georgetown University, USA.
News & Notes
This website is a systemic design resource that is continuously updated with the proceedings of the annual Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium and other Systemic Design Association (SDA) events. It also serves as a searchable repository of peer-reviewed work in systemic design. SDA also publishes Contexts—The Systemic Design Journal.
RSD Host Organisations 2011-2023
