Abstract
To address the pressing issue of the sustainable welfare of the planet as ‘wicked problems’, scholars have proposed a radical shift in design epistontological approaches while critiquing the dominant hegemonic paradigm that engender current environmental degradation. This literature review examines the transdisciplinary engagement of systems thinking, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Transition Design to highlight their contribution towards designing a future of mutualistic wellbeing for society and the environment. Insights gleaned from literature suggest that collaborative participation of various disciplines within transdisciplinary discourse and the recognition of the complex nature of these problems require reorientation in the way in which conditions, identification, and validation of design knowledge take place and how that can be reconfigured towards sustainable futures.
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Theme
Design Management and Professional Practice
KEYWORDS
Transdisciplinary, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Transition Design, Sustainability
