A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs

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dc.contributor.authorMarantz, Yaelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-09T10:50:47Z
dc.date.available2018-02-09T10:50:47Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe global economic operating system of capitalism is incongruent with the values required to sustain life on a planet with a growing population and finite resources. Living in marginalized communities the impoverished are the most negatively affected by the current system, as they are the most vulnerable to the vicissitudes of climate change, resource extraction, labor exploitation and wealth concentration. Our way of life needs to be reimagined to align with principles that are in accordance with the ecological worldview. Aspects of an effective strategy rooted in the ecological worldview - especially Biomimicry, Biophilia and a Living Labs approach - are being created in silos but lack application at a systems level. The objective of this research is to bridge the disparate streams of these concepts into a community-based model, with the aim of replicating the emergent system in order to build alternatives to the current model. The research question to explored is the following: how can the principles of Biomimicry, Biophilia, and Living Labs be integrated and systemically applied in communities? Investigating this question will bring forth the Principles for Transition Infrastructure - an approach to building a resilient, self-sustaining, regenerative model for an alternative way of living. This research concludes that there is an opportunity to dismantle the mechanistic worldview of isolating problems in silos and rather observe the multiple points of interconnectivity that weave together a solution that transcends the parts of the whole. In doing this, we draw from multiple disciplines and find the synergies to construct a reality that is conducive to building new systems and structures to support a harmonious life on this planet.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMarantz, Y. (2017). <i>A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27444en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMarantz, Yael. <i>"A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27444en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarantz, Y. 2017. A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Marantz, Yael AB - The global economic operating system of capitalism is incongruent with the values required to sustain life on a planet with a growing population and finite resources. Living in marginalized communities the impoverished are the most negatively affected by the current system, as they are the most vulnerable to the vicissitudes of climate change, resource extraction, labor exploitation and wealth concentration. Our way of life needs to be reimagined to align with principles that are in accordance with the ecological worldview. Aspects of an effective strategy rooted in the ecological worldview - especially Biomimicry, Biophilia and a Living Labs approach - are being created in silos but lack application at a systems level. The objective of this research is to bridge the disparate streams of these concepts into a community-based model, with the aim of replicating the emergent system in order to build alternatives to the current model. The research question to explored is the following: how can the principles of Biomimicry, Biophilia, and Living Labs be integrated and systemically applied in communities? Investigating this question will bring forth the Principles for Transition Infrastructure - an approach to building a resilient, self-sustaining, regenerative model for an alternative way of living. This research concludes that there is an opportunity to dismantle the mechanistic worldview of isolating problems in silos and rather observe the multiple points of interconnectivity that weave together a solution that transcends the parts of the whole. In doing this, we draw from multiple disciplines and find the synergies to construct a reality that is conducive to building new systems and structures to support a harmonious life on this planet. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs TI - A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27444 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27444
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMarantz Y. A structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labs. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27444en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentResearch of GSBen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInclusive Innovationen_ZA
dc.titleA structural approach to reimagining community: biomimicry, biophilia and living labsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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