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User research to design a more-than-human food commons

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Publication date3/07/2022
Host publicationDRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022
EditorsD Lockton, S Lenzi, P Hekkert, A Sádaba, P Lloyd
Place of PublicationBilbao, Spain
PublisherDesign Research Society
Number of pages21
ISBN (electronic)9781912294572
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventDRS 2022 Bilbao - Bilbao, Spain
Duration: 25/06/20223/07/2022

Conference

ConferenceDRS 2022 Bilbao
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBilbao
Period25/06/223/07/22

Publication series

NameDRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022
PublisherDesign Research Society
ISSN (Print)2398-3132

Conference

ConferenceDRS 2022 Bilbao
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBilbao
Period25/06/223/07/22

Abstract

The way humans approach food systems not only affects our survival but also creates or destroys futures for humans and nonhuman species alike. Rooted in a rights-based approach, food as a commons offers an important and robust economic alternative to food as a commodity. The commons literature also struggles with anthropocentrism, however, particularly the recognized analytical frameworks used by scholars that classify nonhuman nature as inputs. How can user research tools support communities to create a more-than-human food commons that treats nonhuman nature as equal actants? This paper responds to this question by adapting two user research tools to support a community to create the building blocks of a food commons with nonhuman nature as equal actants. These user research tools are tested in a workshop with commons scholars to assess how well they support more-than-human thinking against recognized commons analytical frameworks.