Responsibly and Performatively Researching Multi-species Relationality

Romm, Norma R. A.

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“…In other words, the lacuna in the systems literature in respect to affording credibility to Indigenous contributions again seems to echo the same process in the social scientific research literature: In the general literature, the major paradigms that are normally discussed are positivism/postpositivism, interpretivism/constructivism, emancipatory/ transformative paradigm (expanding on the critical theoretical tradition), and dialectic pluralism (as a kind of pragmatic approach). Only recently what is called an Indigenous research paradigm (named by authors such as Chilisa 2012Chilisa , 2020Chilisa et al 2017;Chilisa and Phatshwane 2022;Romm 2015Romm , 2018Smith 1999;Wilson 2008) is beginning to be recognized as a "major" paradigm alongside what Dillard ( 2006) calls the "Big Four".…”

Section: Lacuna In the Dominant Narrative Of The History Of Systems T...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this table she offers five paradigmatic positions. She notes that the table has been informed by various sources, including by McIntyre-Mills and Romm (2019), Romm (2018), as well as others. In the paragraph below, I isolate the Indigenous critical systemic approach as set out in her Table, with some additional remarks that I make.…”

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An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

Romm

2024

Syst Pract Action Res

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This article is structured around my locating a lacuna in the (mainstream) literature describing the history of the field of “systems thinking”. I investigate how dominant accounts of this history do not include an account of the contributions of Indigenous sages and scholars’ systemic thinking. Such thinking (and being) is grounded in a relational onto-epistemology and attendant axiology – where knowing is consciously tied to (re)generating reciprocal relations with others – human and more-than-human – as we enact worlds-in-the making. The argument is that at the moment of “knowing/inquiring” we co-constitute with other agents (and not only human ones) the worlds that are brought forth. Otherwise expressed, there are never spectators, only participants in ongoing world-construction. I explore the way of explaining this as proffered by authors from a variety of geographical contexts as a backdrop to indicating how Indigenous critical systemic thinking has not been catered for by those writing the history of the so-called “systems community”. This is despite many Indigenous scholars self-naming their understandings as being systemic. I indicate that exploring global superwicked problems from the standpoint of an Indigenous onto-epistemology includes pointing to, and experimenting further with, radically different options for thinking-and-being than those that thus far have been storied by those writing the history of systems thinking. I indicate why it is important to take seriously this approach, rather than drowning its contribution.

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Section: A Drowned Wave Of Systemic Thinkingmentioning

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An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

Romm

2024

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“…We would like to broaden this argument by claiming that comprehensive rationality is also unachievable if non‐Western rationalities are marginalized (cf. Chilisa, 2017; Romm, 2021). By understanding the latter rationalities, such as Amazonian rationalities, and as a result of critical reflexivity, we will open our minds to new theories of knowledge, better comprehend our epistemological assumptions, and improve our epistemologies.…”

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Do jaguars of the Amazon rainforest have a systemic perspective?

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In a jungle environment where jaguars are considered human, systems thinking has evolved in unexpected ways. Although systems thinking is commonly seen as a product of the Western world, other cultures have developed their own versions with unique characteristics. In this article, we explore Amazonian systems thinking, which has similarities to modern Western systems thinking, as well as differences that may inspire the evolution of systems approaches worldwide. We will discuss the contributions of Amazonian systems thinking particularly to find answers to the planet's ecological and sustainability problems, such as climate change and mass extinction of species, among others. We will present the systems thinking that emerged in some Amazonian communities, how it relates to mainstream Western systems thinking, and focus on some unique aspects of Amazonian systems thinking. This paper is based on the ethnographic work of Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff and other anthropologists who have studied Amazonian communities for decades.

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Communication and culture: A multispecies endeavour within a shared habitat

McIntyre‐Mills

2021

Syst Res Behav Sci

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COVID‐19 can be seen as feedback for anthropocentric social, economic and environmental decision‐making that disrespects other living systems. The paper makes a case that respects for multiple species, and the onus of beneficence should be applied to all living systems of which we are a strand. Human beings are not exceptional insofar as they are able to communicate, make decisions, demonstrate a sense of community and show empathy or to make political calculations. What does this mean for the way we live our lives? Respect for persons needs to include animals, plants and the earth. It is time to rethink rights and responsibilities to protect habitat. Goodall stresses that the loss of habitat leads to species that have never been in contact before (and thus without any resistance) causing cross species infections.

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Responsibly and Performatively Researching Multi-species Relationality

Cited by 3 publications

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An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

Do jaguars of the Amazon rainforest have a systemic perspective?

Communication and culture: A multispecies endeavour within a shared habitat

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