本土的跨系统学:改变系统的体积
Don G McIntyre1, Geneva A Cloutis2, Dan McCarthy2
1Dhillon School of Business at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada.
概括
土著的跨系统学通过突出系统思维中的多样化的世界观来挑战欧洲中心的观点. 它促进谦卑和相互依赖,以实现公平,有效的社会生态系统变革.
科学领域:
- 跨文化研究跨文化研究.
- 系统思维 系统思维
- 土著知识系统土著知识系统
背景情况:
- 关于"系统"的不同学术世界观,在跨文化解决问题方面带来了挑战.
- 主导系统的观点可能不是最公平或最合适的.
- 现有的系统思维往往忽视了多样化,重叠的世界观.
研究的目的:
- 介绍土著的跨系统学作为理解复杂问题的框架.
- 揭开主导系统思维中潜在的假设.
- 促进更公平,更有效的社会生态系统变革.
主要方法:
- 关于系统思维原则的阿尼希纳贝和非土著学者之间的合作讨论.
- 分析不同的世界观及其对解决问题的影响.
- 发展"跨系统"概念,以应对跨文化挑战.
主要成果:
- 确定了对构成"系统"的理解的根本差异.
- 突出了欧洲中心的局限性,自构的系统思维.
- 为社会生态系统思想家提出了三个关键的结论.
结论:
- 超系统学在检查思维模式和行为时需要谦卑.
- 它鼓励超越欧洲中心的观点,拥抱相互依赖.
- 有意义的系统变化需要重新考虑基本理解,并纳入各种工具和概念.
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