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We need to be as we call it ‘Snål’
By:Gabriella Peterhoff
Over consumption by humans must end as Earth’s natural resources are critically depleting and exhausted. We need to reduce our consumption in order to respect and fit within the planetary boundaries. This means we need to be, as in Sweden we call it, Snål which is a Swedish adjective with multiple meanings; resourceful, frugal, stingy etc. We must adapt our lifestyles to ensure our survival as a species.
By:Iris Schaumberger & Réka Kocsis
By:Merel Boschman
The project Embodied Intuition creates change by showing people opportunities to enter into a closer relationship with themselves, others and eventually the earth by developing an (oracle) card deck that focusses on ‘inner care’ and the use of visual communication/ design as a ‘healer’ to enhance someone’s personal ‘internal sustainability’. The concepts of intuition, inside-out sustainability and interconnectivity lay at the foundation of this. The created visual communicative tool:‘The Embodied Intuition Card Deck’ has the potential to invite the individual to connect, feel, map, assess and learn about the nudges of their intuition and the interconnectivity of empowerment within us, as nature. Every card in the deck holds a unique ‘channelled’ message that helps the user navigate through and re-aligning with their intuition. Through this ignition of intuitive knowledge within the receiver, decision making from the soul can occur, where the planet at large can benefit from.
The design programs
Why change?
Collecting knowledge
Doesn’t design already imply change? Yes, through design we give form to new products (and books, campaigns, services, systems and much more). Through these we also shape and change behaviours, attitudes and even worldviews.
Today it is both formally and globally recognised that both ecological and social systems are in a critical state. We also know that human activities – and not least design, and its associated overconsumption – drive unsustainability. With + Change we want to emphasise the very potential of design to affect change and to extend it. + Change comprises different perspectives on change, such as adaptation, evolution and revolution. For us + Change very much includes examining, challenging and changing the norms that shape the everyday life of individuals as well as society at large. To affect change through design can be about initiatives directed at products, systems or worldviews. We can choose to use design to affect change locally, regionally or globally, and with a focus on ecology, economy, human health and equality, or all of them simultaneously. Altogether + Change is about purposefully using design, and its inherent creativity, in order to achieve changes towards futures of sustainability.
+ Change is not only about what we study and why – it is also about how we do it. + Change pedagogy brings design, artistic expression and theory together. We believe we need students and staff groups to genuinely and in an interdisciplinary manner engage with the complexity of sustainability. Therefore, we have chosen to have an international intake on all our programmes and to deliver them in English. Together we make a + Change culture – dynamic, vibrant, creative and critical.
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This is our digital platform where you will find selected Works, News and Features coming from the Linnaeus University’s Design Department. It is a tool for us as students, educators and researchers to share, connect and re-connect ideas for + Change. We continuously work to make our + Change knowledge and practices available and searchable.
You can filter the database by general terms like: Course documentations, Final examinations; also by more specific conditions like: Video, Social media or Exhibitions.