Designing Regenerative Transitions

Miller, Michelle Alina

Designing Regenerative Transitions

Miller, Michelle Alina

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dc.contributor.author	Miller, Michelle Alina
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-17T22:44:45Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-17T22:44:45Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/180835
dc.description	University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.	en_US.UTF-8
dc.description.abstract	This PhD research seeks to 1) explore how to translate the emerging Transition Design approach as well as theory into practice in a novel context and 2) enable others to construct their own practice as well. To orient to practice, this research maps Transition Design practice through an analysis of empirical cases. The resulting Elements of Practice guide the approach to a Case Study project aimed at catalyzing Regenerative Agriculture transition in New South Wales, Australia. During the project, the researcher-designer-practitioner engages as a change agent through interviews, multiple collaborations, and experimentation with a business idea, TransitionAg. The Case Study identifies transition barriers and enablers, presenting design opportunities through tools like Opportunity Areas, personas, Theory of Change, and a provocation for broader visions of sustainable agriculture. Through the Case Study, insights emerge into how Living Systems and Complexity Theory can be enacted in both Regenerative Agriculture and Transition Design, for instance through holistic decision-making, three regenerative principles, and design as an Adaptive Cycle. Reflection on the Case Study also results in seven dynamics of transition experience, a conceptual framework for structuring practice, six meta-activities of Transition Design processes, protocols for collaborative practice, and a Field Guide for practitioners.	en_US.UTF-8
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US.UTF-8
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/180835/1/thesis.pdf
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dc.rights	© 2024 Michelle Alina Miller
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/cph
dc.title	Designing Regenerative Transitions	en_US.UTF-8
dc.type	Thesis
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This PhD research seeks to 1) explore how to translate the emerging Transition Design approach as well as theory into practice in a novel context and 2) enable others to construct their own practice as well. To orient to practice, this research maps Transition Design practice through an analysis of empirical cases. The resulting Elements of Practice guide the approach to a Case Study project aimed at catalyzing Regenerative Agriculture transition in New South Wales, Australia. During the project, the researcher-designer-practitioner engages as a change agent through interviews, multiple collaborations, and experimentation with a business idea, TransitionAg. The Case Study identifies transition barriers and enablers, presenting design opportunities through tools like Opportunity Areas, personas, Theory of Change, and a provocation for broader visions of sustainable agriculture. Through the Case Study, insights emerge into how Living Systems and Complexity Theory can be enacted in both Regenerative Agriculture and Transition Design, for instance through holistic decision-making, three regenerative principles, and design as an Adaptive Cycle. Reflection on the Case Study also results in seven dynamics of transition experience, a conceptual framework for structuring practice, six meta-activities of Transition Design processes, protocols for collaborative practice, and a Field Guide for practitioners.

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