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ArticleSocio-ecological practice research2021

A scenario for writing creative scenarios.

Michael D Murphy, Don R Day

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Article in Socio-ecological practice research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Michael D MurphyDepartment of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2736-5483
Don R DayIBM, Mason, Texas USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper examines the elements of a pathway to writing the bold, innovative scenarios necessary to promote sustainable socio-ecological integration. Innovative scenarios incorporate three virtues essential to making knowledge systemically useful: creativity, collaboration, and communication. The main features of such a scenario-writing process include: (1) the effective integration of participants from a diverse array of disciplinary perspectives; (2) an integrated approach to defining problems as a system of interrelated structures, functions, and processes; (3) the collaborative learning required to synthesize a comprehensive understanding of the interrelated components and processes of the system containing the problem(s); (4) a process of co-writing that guides the alteration of socio-ecological systems to eliminate the problem(s); and (5) communication that clearly and persuasively conveys the message required to actualize resolution.

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CommunicationCreativityInterdisciplinary collaborationKnowledge applicationProblem solvingRecursive writing processSystems thinking

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PMID34778715
PMCPMC8182355

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