The dynamics of purposeful change: a model

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

HowardSilverman,¹  Gregory M Hill,² 

[1] Pacific Northwest College of Art;University of Portland

关键词: bricolage;    institutional logics;    path dependence;    reflexivity;    social attractors;    system archetypes;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-10243-230304

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

In order to describe and depict the dynamics of purposeful change, we reexamine the concept of social-ecological systems (SES) and propose a linked but not integrated SES model. Adapting core resilience tools (stability landscape and panarchy), we construct a general model and then use a framework of key concepts (identity, logics, affiliations, affordances) to analyze the dynamics depicted therein. We illustrate this model’s use in two cases: a retrospective analysis of food-systems work amidst contending social regimes and an interpretive reading of published narratives describing individual-to-ecological stability and change. We discuss this model’s applicability in situations involving divergent perspectives, micro-meso-macro social dynamics, social regime identity, and the distinct dynamics of social and ecological systems. This examination illustrates the power and flexibility of these core resilience tools.

【 授权许可】

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