Purpose
Spark reflections on the process of knowledge integration in inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations
Description
For full instructions, see hand-out & slides.
- Exploration
Provide participants with a diversity of food ingredients. All participants pick one ingredient and are invited to:
- Explore ingredient & combine ingredients
- Translation
Invite participants to reflect on:
- What’s the equivalent of ingredients in ITD integration?
- What’s the equivalent of the cook in ITD integration?
- Harvest
In plenary, invite groups to share their insights. End with a reflection on cooking as metaphor for ITD integration: what does it highlight and what does it mask? What alternative metaphors could be useful when thinking about ITD integration?
Phase
Working together
Competences
Integration
Creativity
Time
90 minutes
Group size
5 – 50 persons
Required materials
- A diversity of food ingredients, enough for all participants
- Paper table cloths to cover the tables
- Pens and markers
- Printed hand-outs
Related tools
Relevant resources
This method was developed by Annemarie Horn and Anke de Vrieze for the ITD 24 conference in Utrecht.
Pohl, C., Klein, J. T., Hoffmann, S., Mitchell, C., & Fam, D. (2021). Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional interactive process. Environmental Science & Policy, 118, 18-26.
