Designing futures: Inquiry in climate change communication |
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Institution: | 1. Centre for Culture and Technology, Department of Creative Studies, ADM 044, 3333 University Way, UBC, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada;2. CALP, Department of Forest Resources Management/Landscape Architecture Program, Forest Sciences Centre, 2045-2424 Main Mall, UBC, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada;1. University of Minnesota Duluth, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Dept., Duluth, MN 55812, USA;2. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Policy and Management, Beijing, 100190, China;3. Portland State University, Systems Science Graduate Program, Portland, OR 97207, USA;1. Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture, Department of Design, Otaniementie 14, Espoo, FI, Finland;2. Aalto University, School of Business, Department of Management Studies, Ekonominaukio 1, Espoo, FI, Finland |
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Abstract: | There are many barriers and challenges associated with climate change communication focused on promoting community-based action for sustainable futures. Of particular interest is the challenge to embed community perspectives in a communication process of climate change solutions. In this paper we argue that 3D interactive simulations using design inquiry as a development process, can be an effective way of communicating climate change solutions and multiple community responses. People are more likely to engage with the challenges associated with complexity of climate change at the local level when their perspectives are integrated into viable and multiple pathways for action. Future scenarios of change processes situated in local experiences in compelling and interactive ways can be disseminated holistically by making links between scientific, social, political, economic and cultural elements. Design inquiry, as a research approach, integrates contextual knowledge into communication processes to aid imagining, re-thinking and reembodying viable pathways that explore the kinds of futures we collectively envision. This paper examines the contributions that design inquiry makes to climate change communication using an interactive simulation environment for designing futures. We discuss these ideas using the example of the Future Delta project, a virtual 3D environment that enables the exploration and simulation of multiple community-based climate change solutions in the Corporation of Delta, British Columbia. |
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Keywords: | Design inquiry Designing futures Climate change communication Interaction design 3D game simulation Transdisciplinary research |
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