#NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11)

Pille Bunnell; Carlos Castellanos; Damian Chapman; Kate Doyle; Xiao Zoe Fang; Mikal Giancola; Michael Lieber; TJ McLeish; Paul Pangaro; Eve Pinsker; Larry Richards; Eryk Salvaggio; Frederick Steier; Mark Sullivan; Claudia Westermann

doi:https://doi.org/10.21428/0e270dcf.1746dc68

#NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11)

Pille Bunnell, Carlos Castellanos, Damian Chapman, Kate Doyle, Xiao Zoe Fang, Mikal Giancola, Michael Lieber, TJ McLeish, Paul Pangaro, Eve Pinsker, Larry Richards, Eryk Salvaggio, Frederick Steier, Mark Sullivan, Claudia Westermann

Department of Architecture

Zhejiang University

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Abstract

This introductory session provided a contextual framing for #NewMacy and the #NewMacy “Acts” at RSD11. We began with an overview of #NewMacy — its emergence in 2020, the principles for action that evolved, and our current activities. We then moved forward by looking back to an excerpt of the now infamous interview of Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead by Stewart Brand. By performing this historical piece, we invoked participants from the original Macy Meetings of the 1940s and 50s to establish our lineage with those also committed to a second-order cybernetic epistemology. Next, we explained our construction of ontogenetic resilience as a framework for approaching today’s wicked challenges and a framework for the #NewMacy activities at RSD11. Act I closed with a Batesonian metalogue that provided a conceptual foundation and instruction for the Act II Studios.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11)
Subtitle of host publication	Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design
Editors	Cheryl May, Ben Sweeting, Paul Jones, Goran Matic
Publisher	Systemic Design Association
Number of pages	6
Volume	RSD11 \| 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21428/0e270dcf.1746dc68
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2023
Event	Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design, 11th annual symposium of the System Design Association - University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Oct 2022 → 16 Oct 2022 https://rsdsymposium.org/category/rsd11-program/

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design
Publisher	Systemic Design Association
Volume	RSD11
ISSN (Electronic)	2371-8404

Conference

Conference	Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design, 11th annual symposium of the System Design Association
Abbreviated title	RSD11
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Brighton
Period	13/10/22 → 16/10/22
Internet address	https://rsdsymposium.org/category/rsd11-program/

Keywords

pandemics
second-order cybernetics
wicked challenges
systemic change
ontological security
conversation
ontogenetic resilience
recursive feedback

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Bunnell, P., Castellanos, C., Chapman, D., Doyle, K., Fang, X. Z., Giancola, M., Lieber, M., McLeish, TJ., Pangaro, P., Pinsker, E., Richards, L., Salvaggio, E., Steier, F., Sullivan, M., & Westermann, C. (2023). #NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11). In C. May, B. Sweeting, P. Jones, & G. Matic (Eds.), Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design (Vol. RSD11 | 2022). (Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design; Vol. RSD11). Systemic Design Association. https://doi.org/10.21428/0e270dcf.1746dc68

Bunnell, Pille ; Castellanos, Carlos ; Chapman, Damian et al. / #NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11). Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design. editor / Cheryl May ; Ben Sweeting ; Paul Jones ; Goran Matic. Vol. RSD11 | 2022 Systemic Design Association, 2023. (Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design).

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Bunnell, P, Castellanos, C, Chapman, D, Doyle, K, Fang, XZ, Giancola, M, Lieber, M, McLeish, TJ, Pangaro, P, Pinsker, E, Richards, L, Salvaggio, E, Steier, F, Sullivan, M & Westermann, C 2023, #NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11). in C May, B Sweeting, P Jones & G Matic (eds), Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design. vol. RSD11 | 2022, Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, vol. RSD11, Systemic Design Association, Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design, 11th annual symposium of the System Design Association, Brighton, United Kingdom, 13/10/22. https://doi.org/10.21428/0e270dcf.1746dc68

#NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11). / Bunnell, Pille; Castellanos, Carlos; Chapman, Damian et al.
Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design. ed. / Cheryl May; Ben Sweeting; Paul Jones; Goran Matic. Vol. RSD11 | 2022 Systemic Design Association, 2023. (Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design; Vol. RSD11).

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Bunnell P, Castellanos C, Chapman D, Doyle K, Fang XZ, Giancola M et al. #NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11). In May C, Sweeting B, Jones P, Matic G, editors, Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design. Vol. RSD11 | 2022. Systemic Design Association. 2023. (Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design). Epub 2022 Oct 19. doi: https://doi.org/10.21428/0e270dcf.1746dc68

#NewMacy ACT I: Redefining Stability (RSD11)

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