Design Research Need in Helping to Address International Conflict Intersections in Southeast Asia

Tsekleves, Emmanuel; Varkkey, Helena; Rianawati, Elisabeth; Ai Ling Lee, Clarissa; Fonseca Braga, Mariana; Talib Latif, Mohd; Sagala, Saut; Sheng Goh, Chun

Abstract

Design-led research on conflicts arising from anthropogenic and environmental factors, such as that from forest management in Indonesia, are largely under-represented in the design research community. In this position paper we discuss the need for more design research in this area. We present the complex intersecting challenges in health, education, local communities and environment, surrounding conflicts arising from forest management in Indonesia and their spillovers into other countries in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia. We propose a design-led community-based approach to conflict resolution that anticipates the human-drivers and threats behind potential emerging conflicts in such contexts; by applying participatory design principles and methods, informing preventive measures to those conflicts. We envisage that this will generate debate on the strategic need to embed more design research practices in international conflict intersections research.

Citation

Tsekleves, E., Varkkey, H., Rianawati, E., Ai Ling Lee, C., Fonseca Braga, M., Talib Latif, M., …Sheng Goh, C. (2022). Design Research Need in Helping to Address International Conflict Intersections in Southeast Asia. In [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes (576-584). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_38

• Conference Name: 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021)
• Acceptance Date: Aug 17, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Nov 6, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 30, 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 576-584
• Book Title: [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes
• ISBN: 9789811944710
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_38