Rosan,
Bravo!
I think what we need to do is determine what we want to happen on a global
scale (not Fuller's World Game) but look at the musts the we are trying to get
to, you know justice, equity, ecological sustainability, delight, pleasure,
peace, the opportunity for ALL people to pursue their full potential (in a
positive way - I eliminate here murder, and other crimes which prevent others
from enjoying the possibility to pursue their full potential), etc. Then we
look at what I would call a fact others might call a vague longing, to
'creatively' solve problems by making the problem statement very clear. A
series of the problem statements have to do with what design education should
be in relation to what designers have to offer toward these goals, and what
changes or entirely new educational paradigms need to be constructed toward
this end.
As you said "well I suppose theories of designing can be invented, prototyped,
tested and observed" which unless I am mistaken (always a possibility) is the
design process, historically speaking of course. That may be why design needs
to take a very front row in the research and development of theoretical and
practical discussion of issues of great moment today. The catch phrase I
remember from history is that we study history so we don't repeat it, not so we
do, although that is true as well.
Regards, Jan
Jan Coker
C3-10 Underdale Campus
University of South Australia
+61 8 8302 6919
"Everywhere the signs multiply that the earth's peoples yearn for an end to
conflict and to the suffering and ruin from which no land is any longer immune.
These rising impluses for change must be seized upon and channeled into
overcoming the remaining barriers that block realization of the age-old dream
of global peace. The effort of will required for such a task cannot be summoned
up merely by appeals for action against the countless ills afflicting society.
It must be galvanized by a vision of human porsperity in the fullest sense of
the term - an awakening to the possibilities of the spiritual and material
well-being now brought within grasp. Its beneficiaries must be all of the
planet's inhabitants, without distinction, without the imposition of conditions
unrelated to the fundamental goals of such a reorganization of human affairs."
from The Prosperity of Humankind Baha'i International Office
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