The four aspects of transdisciplinarity

BONNIE's research

- EUC: political science & international relations
- aim: to combine the minor and writing the capstone
- minor: doing research and fieldwork within the realm of transdisciplinarity
- capstone: the academic justification and background of the project; the final part of my academic studies

TIMELINE

BRAINSTORM

April 11, 2018
I read this article about the Afrikaanderwijk Cooperatie in de Volkskrant and saved it, to find it back again 2,5 years later

August 31, 2020
Start of the minor
Researching the child's imagination, getting into the workings of transdisciplinarity

October 22, 2020
Had a meeting with Tamara about the chaos that I was/am experiencing (with regards to arts vs sciences) and my aspirations with life after I finish EUC; decided to do the second part of the minor as well

Topic

(Preliminary) Research Question

November 4, 2020
Capstone information session
As opposed to most other students, I was not stressed at all, but excited instead

November 9-15, 2020
Spoke with many different people about the things that interest me
It made me even more excited
I started brainstorming and doing some research
But the direction that my research was going in became much more clear

November 23, 2020
Present my initial plan(s)

November 30, 2020
Capstone topic proposal

January 27, 2021
Capstone research proposal

In the mean time
Work on the project, do research, prepare the research proposal while doing research?

January 31, 2021
Project documentation

January 21 or 25, 2021
Process presentations

In the mean time
Work on capstone

May 10, 2021
Capstone draft version

June 6, 2021
Capstone final version!

Bottom-up policymaking in Rotterdam

- Collaboration across and beyond arts and sciences
- Equality of knowledge
- Engaging with complex societal issues
- Making public(s)

What is the issue?

Polarisation, gentrification, segregation, individualisation, urbanisation, top-down policy-making, alienation from politics/community...

What is the impact of bottom-up policy making processes / initiatives in Rotterdam?

I think a lot of people do not feel as if they are included in the policy making process, while the policies do affect their way of living.
Within specific communities, the people living there probably know best what they need or what they don't know.
However, still, many decisions are taken by people outside these communities.
Could bottom-up policy making improve a neighbourhood?
And how can we include people in the policy making process?

please put your feedback on the feedback page, and if you have interesting things/topics/initiatives/videos/people to add, put it in the brainstorm!

"We aim to strengthen the economy of the neighbourhood with residents and entrepreneurs"

Participatory Action Research

"Links science and practice. Allows a community of (non)organisational stakeholders to investigate their own standards, reflect on its results and co-create the best fitting interventions to tackle complex problems and achieve sustainable impact"

Community-up research method

7Senses is an initiative that uses the PAR method in tackling societal issues.
Examples: the Sustainable Tourism Challenge in Zambia, the Father Involvement Challenge in South Africa and the Inclusive City here, in the Netherlands

How Rotterdam tries to tackle radicalisation in the city.

VPRO Tegenlicht: Lekker Conservatief

"Lemm heeft zich lang niet gehoord gevoeld"

When people are excluded, and feel like nobody listens, I believe it can cause extreme feelings and views.
Maybe we can tackle this by listening?

Top down vs Bottom up policy making

Top down: decision-making and process implementation originates from the highest levels, and proceeds downwards. In other words: people from outside the community make decision for the people inside the community.

Bottom up: decision-making and process implementation originates from lower levels and proceeds upwards. In other words: local solutions, made by "local" people; the people in the community.
Where do I fit in this process? What if I'm not a local?

Séverine Autesserre (2019) 'The Crisis of Peacekeeping: Why the UN Can’t End Wars’, Foreign Affairs.

Interesting article about the top-down policies of the UN when it comes to peacekeeping, and that a bottom-up policy would probably be more efficient.

this is actually exactly what my problem with the world is and what I would like to research!