Bunnell, Pille

Castellanos, Carlos

Chapman, Damian

Doyle, Kate

Fang, Zoe

Giancola, Mikal

Lieber, Michael

McLeish, TJ

Pangaro, Paul

Pinsker, Eve

Richards, Larry

Salvaggio, Eryk

Steier, Frederick

sullivan, mark

Westermann, Claudia

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Reintroducing Stability#NewMacy ACT IIIPille Bunnell, Carlos Castellanos, Damian Chapman, Kate Doyle, Xiao Zoe Fang,Mikal Giancola, Michael Lieber, TJ McLeish, Paul Pangaro, Eve Pinsker, LarryRichards, Eryk Salvaggio, Fred Steier, Mark Sullivan, and Claudia WestermannRoyal Roads University | Rochester Institute of Technology | Kingston University |Rutgers University—Newark | Zhejiang University | Independent | University of IllinoisChicago | Independent | Carnegie Mellon University | University of Illinois Chicago |Indiana University East| Rochester Institute of Technology | Fielding GraduateUniversity | MSU Museum / CoLab Studio | Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityIn Act III, we collectively built foundations for ongoing conversations andcollaborations. We opened with a multi-part conversation in which participantscritiqued and developed ideas constructed during the Friday and SaturdayStudios. Our goal was to develop and expand #NewMacy conversations so thatwe may construct an ever-inclusive and participant-directed platform fordynamic stability and growth. What questions might we ask? What ideas mightwe explore? And crucially, what concrete steps can we take to support andsustain these conversations? Participants engaged through an exercise thatmodelled question-generation and conversation networks.KEYWORDS: Pandemics, wicked challenges, second-order cybernetics, systemic change,ontological security, conversation, ontogenetic resilience, recursive feedback.RSD TOPIC(S): Methods & Methodology, Socioecological Design, Sociotechnical System2BackgroundIn Act III, we collectively built foundations for ongoing conversations and collaborations.We opened with a multi-part conversation in which participants critiqued anddeveloped ideas constructed during the Friday and Saturday Studios. Our goal was todevelop and expand #NewMacy conversations so that we may construct anever-inclusive and participant-directed platform for dynamic stability and growth. Whatquestions might we ask? What ideas might we explore? And crucially, what concretesteps can we take to support and sustain these conversations? Participants engagedthrough an exercise that modelled question-generation and conversation networks.We call it 1-800-CYBERNETOur (adaptable) goal is to act in generative anticipation of #NewMacy's possibilities forservice in our current moment. The 1-800-CYBERNET exercise takes inspiration from asite of improvisatory collaboration, a place where service is—ideally—provided for thosewho seek it. This is the site of the "call room," generally perceived as a site of frustration,where questions go perpetually unanswered. 1-800-CYBERNET does not answerquestions either, but its call agents generally guide participants in working withquestions in order to adapt to changing environments and the unknowable – to buildcollaborative relationships as they steer. At RSD11, 1-800-CYBERNET played outaccordingly.PROCEEDINGS OF RELATING SYSTEMS THINKING AND DESIGN 2022 SYMPOSIUM (RSD11)3Hello, 1-800-CYBERNET. Please listen carefully as our ideas have recently changed.Again. Remember our brand promise: Ask a question, leave with three! Please beaware that your call may be monitored for ontogenetic resilience.ReflectionAt the end of this exercise, all were invited to situate themselves in the poetic—whichwe associate with ontogenetic resilience. The ACT III Miro Board (Figure 1) collected theparticipants’ (poetic) feedback, recursive in its performance and use (#NewMacy 2022).References1. #NewMacy. (2022, October 15). #Newmacy at RSD11, Act III MiroBoard. https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPRcwN2Y=/PROCEEDINGS OF RELATING SYSTEMS THINKING AND DESIGN 2022 SYMPOSIUM (RSD11)4Figure 1. ACT III Miro Board (Figure 1) collected the participants’ verses.PROCEEDINGS OF RELATING SYSTEMS THINKING AND DESIGN 2022 SYMPOSIUM (RSD11)

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