Hi Dori,
You say
"converging within the space of problem definition and solving for social,
cultural, and environmental good."
During the 70s and 80s I was trying to solve a parallel problem wrt
foundations of design theory - in part, asking 'What is a theory picture of
design that would do this?"
Actually, it became quickly obvious it was a four way problem; because of
necessity it must include technical concerns (seen not only in terms of the
study of technology in societies but also keenly from the perspectives of
'societies' of technology experts).
Eventually, it came clearer that the situation distilled down to the
problem of integrating social, enviromental, ethical and technical factors
in design theory.
One of the challenges in trying to identify a 'position' was deriving a
definition of design that was broad enough in scope and tightly posed thatit
could provide a theory foundation for a less parochial multi-disciplinary
field of design and design research, whilst avoiding the disciplinary ambit
position that 'design is everything'.
Dunno exactly where this fits but I seem to remember going over much the
same ground!
All the best,
Terry
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