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1.3 DEFINITIONS
Ecology
Ecological problems are Wicked Problems. The term Ecology defines the complex situation of our environmental problems interconnected to social problems and personal consequences. Guattari called this interconnection ‘Ecosophy’. In The Three Ecologies (Guattari, 1989), he described the relationship of complex phenomena “between the three ecological registers: the environment, social relations and human subjectivity.” (Guattari,1989, p.28) This interconnection of the environment to social relation and human subjectivity is of importance for the position of the designer; it defines the necessity of being aware of the position of design, as it needs to understand that dealing with environmental issues has an impact on social relations and human subjectivity for example.
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