Words Into Action: Making and Doing Transition Design in Ojai, California. A Case Study
Abstract
This paper assesses the practical deployment of Transition Design in Ojai, California, a small U.S. city facing a potentially existential water crisis stemming from complex water-system relationships between many conflicting stakeholder groups. The area’s physical isolation engenders a powerful sense of community, while the diversity of the population makes collective action frequently contentious. The case study describes two early 2017 Transition Design workshops that brought together diverse constituents, facilitated shared visions of preferable futures, and inspired some Ojai participants to try to launch a Transition Design office to weave the practice into their community and inspire new collective behaviors targeting a variety of problems and goals.
References
Boyer, B., Cook, J. W., & Steinberg, M. (2010). Legible practices: Six stories about the craft of stewardship, Helsinki Design Lab. Retrieved from http://www.helsinkidesignlab.org/pages/legible-practises
Guo, J. (2015, April 3). Agriculture is 80 percent of water use in California. Why aren’t farmers being forced to cut back? Washington Post. Retrieved October 15, 2017, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/04/03/agriculture-is-80-percent-of-water-use-in-california-why-arent-farmers-being-forced-to-cut-back/?utm_ term=.13d1495268dd
House Farm Workers. (2017). Retrieved October 26, 2017, from http://housefarmworkers.org/
Irwin, T. (2017). The emerging Transition Design approach. In: Cuadernos Del Centro de Estudios de Diseño y Comunicación [Journal of the Center for Design and Communication Studies]. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Palermo University.
Irwin, T. & Kossoff, G. (2017). Report on the first Transition Design workshop: What worked what didn’t. Retrieved from the Academia.edu website: https://www.academia.edu/32353797/Report_on_the_First_Transition_Design_Workshop_What_worked_what_didnt
Irwin, T., Kossoff, G., & Hamilton, S. (2017). Report on the second Transition Design workshop: What worked what didn’t. Retrieved from the Academia.edu website: https://www.academia.edu/34056246/Report_on_the_Second_Transition_Design_Workshop_What_worked_what_didnt
Los autores/as que publiquen en esta revista ceden los derechos de autor y de publicación a "Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Diseño y Comunicación", Aceptando el registro de su trabajo bajo una licencia de atribución de Creative Commons, que permite a terceros utilizar lo publicado siempre que de el crédito pertinente a los autores y a esta revista.
