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Critical systems thinking for the facilitation of conservation planning in Philippine coastal management
Author(s) -
Klocker Larsen Rasmus
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.1045
Subject(s) - dialogical self , acknowledgement , sociology , relation (database) , heuristics , boundary (topology) , action (physics) , epistemology , stakeholder , knowledge management , public relations , computer science , social psychology , psychology , political science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , physics , computer security , quantum mechanics , database , operating system
In Critical Systems Thinking, the notion of boundary judgements represents a constructionist view on knowing as the bounding of components of reality into knowable objects. Cognitive boundary judgements determine observations (facts) and evaluations (values), which knowers appreciate and act in relation to. Werner Ulrich's method of dialogical boundary critique and the framework of Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) are intended to enable citizen participation in Western democracies through acknowledgement of legitimate competencies in public and corporate dialogues. This paper investigates the application of this methodology in Philippine coastal resource management. The conclusions are based on stakeholder‐based action planning carried out between November 2007 and May 2008 in the Babuyan group of islands, bounded by the Balintang and Babuyan Channels. It argues that dialogical boundary critique requires significant adaptation if it is to provide a liberating language for participants in Philippine resource management dilemmas shaped by multiple and conflicting knowledge claims under conditions of significant controversy. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.