"Systems thinking"
Workshop Hfg Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Avril 2016 

The basic definition of « systems thinking » is the process of understanding how things which may be regarded as systems influence one another within a complete entity, or larger system.  Social systems in general refer to entities or groups in definite relation to each other, to relatively enduring patterns of behavior and relationship within social systems, or to social institutions and norms becoming embedded into social systems in such a way that they shape the behavior of actors within those social systems.  We could consider the human body as a social element of the society and the society as a space of cohabitation of different bodies.

This could be valid in a intime private space as well as in a larger collective public dimension, such a city, country or a continent and institutions organizing or leading the collectivity. Taking this approach to the design of micro-environments, the workshop propsed us to choose a space in the school as a microcosme of a social space much larger (the city, the country, Europe…) and to think of a social system as a mirror of the world outside with the same political complexity. The goal would be to identify the complexity of the environment in which each one expresses himself and in which every project is involved.

Create your map of Tallinn Imagine you would like to show and introduce Tallinn to your family or friends. This city you have discovered bit by bit and you’re still discovering, what places, buildings, roads or moments would you like to share? What story would you like to tell? How to create a map of the town as you see and live it, how can you communicate what you appreciate? How can you imagine a map differently?