Fuzzy participatory planning processes as arenas for collaborative learning

Devisch, Oswald; Huybrechts, Liesbeth; Vervoort, Peter; Pisman, Ann

doi:10.3828/tpr.2018.39

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“…While this was a joint outcome, signifying new congruent frames, there were no rules highlighting obligations and expectations from the actors involved. This is similar to what some academics have described as fuzzy governance [58], which can have the potential for collaborative learning [59].…”

Section: Second In-between Spacesupporting

confidence: 78%

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Your Sustainability Is Not My Sustainability: In-between Spaces for Meaningful Collaboration between Local Stakeholders and Planning Professionals to Construct Congruent Frames over Contested Meanings

Abraham

2023

Sustainability

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Urban sustainability is a highly contested topic because the challenges of sustaining urban ecosystems are interlinked with environmental justice and equity concerns. In urban planning processes, this requires more collaboration between professionals and local stakeholders (citizens and entrepreneurs). Yet, participatory processes in urban planning are strained with various challenges. This article suggests that in order to consciously shape communication for meaningful collaboration, it should be studied as a function of communication spaces, termed “in-between spaces”. These so-called in-between spaces are studied through the comparative analysis of two such spaces in the same brownfield redevelopment project in Amsterdam. The first space was created by an instrumental participatory process and the second through a co-creative approach. The spaces were studied through desk study and action research. The results indicated that fuzzier boundaries of in-between spaces and methodological plurality are needed for creating new congruent meanings, creating inter-dependencies between actors, and potentially fostering transformative learning, needed for sustainable urban development. Secondly, this article offers grounded insights into the contested interpretations of sustainable development between different sets of actors and identifies the potential of well-designed in-between spaces to make these tensions constructive. Lastly, this article highlights the diverse use of phronetic management (wisdom or ‘mindfulness’ in learning and leading attitudes for pragmatic action) by actors and the use of visual and creative methods for creating congruent meaning between actors, provided that local stakeholders feel ownership over the creative process and resulting output.

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Section: Second In-between Spacesupporting

confidence: 78%

“…In contrast, the boundaries of the second in-between space were fuzzier [59]. This meant that citizen stakeholders were able to interact and develop a relationship with the municipal project team.…”

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Your Sustainability Is Not My Sustainability: In-between Spaces for Meaningful Collaboration between Local Stakeholders and Planning Professionals to Construct Congruent Frames over Contested Meanings

Abraham

2023

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“…The strategic planning of hybrid activities not only facilitated introductions and relationship building but also created a platform for knowledge exchange and offered participants opportunities to familiarise themselves with the transdisciplinary approach. As documented in recent studies [46][47][48], the establishment of 'communication spaces' having fuzzy boundaries, albeit structured interactions, supports the sharing of valuable insights and experiences, leading to collective learning and growth. Investing in well-designed interactions can be seen to have strengthened the community's foundation, unlocking more of its potential.…”

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confidence: 96%

Developing a Participatory Process for Soil Fertility: A Case Study in an Urban Area of Italy

Criscuolo,

Bordogna,

Barbara

et al. 2024

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Approaches that are transdisciplinary and participatory can help to address complex socio-ecological issues by integrating multiple disciplinary perspectives while taking into account the different needs and experiences of community members and other stakeholders. Despite this promise, such approaches are rarely applied within the scientific community, as researchers and public actors often lack the training, practice and reference cases required to handle the working relationships and translations of terminology, ideas and values across multiple bodies of knowledge. A case study described in this manuscript depicts a group of researchers, artists and citizens consciously engaged in the construction of a transdisciplinary process as part of a 40-day ‘citizen science’ experiment focussed on assessing soil fertility in the urban area of Milan, Italy. The group drew from recognised scientific approaches, applied agronomic methodologies, artistic practices and technological tools, integrating them into a hybrid process of collective and participatory inquiry. As a quantitative outcome of the experiment, a dataset of bio-chemical parameters was generated, which was enriched by agronomic interpretations but also by artistic and reflective materials. Importantly, the process developed transdisciplinary and participatory skills, as it created a potentially replicable procedure of engagement, analysis and presentation for use in other citizen science settings. This article presents the context, the multiple objectives of the research and the applied approach and its timeline. Described in detail are the process of designing and conducting the experiment by involving an extended research community—including both junior and senior researchers—in progressive steps. Quantitative and qualitative results are provided. The findings are meant to contribute case material and methods to inform the advancement of transdisciplinary research approaches within the scientific community as well as examples of ways to transcend the boundaries of science to include artists and community stakeholders. The aspiration is to inform and inspire concrete application of transdisciplinary and participatory methods in concert to address complex socio-environmental challenges.

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“…Reimagining space governance will involve expanding the current range of stakeholders and must include the broader community in particular, especially given the cultural, health and well-being issues inherently involved in living and working in space. There are extensive, and likely reciprocal, lessons from participatory planning and community engagement for the functional and flourishing aspects of governance: for example, in terms of the possibilities related to grassroot and remote engagement technologies, contested public arenas, decision-making and participatory ethics in highly-regulated regimes (Adams, 2013, Legacy et al , 2014, Devisch et al , 2018) and from international perspectives that question our prevailing “urbanisms”, “worlding practices” and planning theories (Roy, 2011).…”

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(Un)earthly governance: beyond functional frameworks to flourishing spacescapes

Mouat

Techera

Notebaert

et al. 2021

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Purpose Humanity has a weakness in how we approach the “challenge” of using outer space. This paper aims to show how the global and national frameworks that address our planetary activities and crises are inadequate for the opportunities and challenges of life in outer space. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on multidisciplinary perspectives to refine an organising governance framework that better showcases the challenges and pathways needed for living and thriving in space-age. The authors prioritise two key pillars and overview the practical and social implications that space-age humanity must address. Findings Social sciences and humanities are vital to problematising post-war colonial legacies of governance by distinguishing the unique and overlooked challenges for thriving and working offworld and identifying progressive research agendas. Research limitations/implications The highlighted agenda has implications for collaborative research institutes and project design. As the vital basis for continuous learning, university-based research institutes span bodies of knowledge, experience, convention and imagination that can support vibrant and overdue debate on good governance that is out of this world. Practical implications This expansive approach has practical implications for the decision-making processes and subjects of spacescape, from reconciling the space commons with prospecting and human occupation to potential governance regimes that capitalise on the zeal for moving beyond merely “existing” off-world. Social implications Examining the governance deficit as we pursue developing spacescape frontiers is an enriching (not reductionist) agenda that deliberately troubles the existing and emerging regime for governing our scientific and imagined off-world society. Originality/value This framework appeals to humanity’s highest evolution in co-producing a fair and flourishing off-world governance framework (beyond replicating planetary regimes).

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Fuzzy participatory planning processes as arenas for collaborative learning

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Your Sustainability Is Not My Sustainability: In-between Spaces for Meaningful Collaboration between Local Stakeholders and Planning Professionals to Construct Congruent Frames over Contested Meanings

Your Sustainability Is Not My Sustainability: In-between Spaces for Meaningful Collaboration between Local Stakeholders and Planning Professionals to Construct Congruent Frames over Contested Meanings

Developing a Participatory Process for Soil Fertility: A Case Study in an Urban Area of Italy

(Un)earthly governance: beyond functional frameworks to flourishing spacescapes

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