?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Meaning-making+in+the+process+of+participatory+system+dynamics+research&rft.creator=Zimmermann%2C+NS&rft.creator=Black%2C+LJ&rft.creator=Shrubsole%2C+C&rft.creator=Davies%2C+M&rft.description=Similar+to+validation+techniques%2C+participatory+methods+try+to+alleviate+bounded+rationality+in+the+process+of+modelling+in+order+to+build+better+models.+In+addition%2C+they+aim+to+change+par-ticipants+understanding%2C+decision+making+and+actions.+While+good+examples+of+best+practice+exist+in+participatory+system+dynamics%2C+a+unified+underlying+social+theory+of+collaboration+or+learning%2C+or+even+competing+theories+are+missing.+To+support+the+development+of+a+theoretical-ly+grounded+participatory+process%2C+we+draw+on+the+distinction+of+bounded+rationality+repre-sented+in+model+content+as+well+as+in+the+modelling+process+itself+and+specifically+draw+on+theories+of+meaning+construction+by+George+Herbert+Mead+and+relate+them+to+a+case+example+in+the+area+of+housing.+We+argue+that+participatory+methods+should+include+four+elements+of+meaning-making+(i.e.+gesturing%2C+naming%2C+acting%2C+and+iterating)+in+order+to+change+participant%E2%80%99s+mental+models.+This+will+also+change+the+contents+represented+in+the+generated+system+dynam-ics+models%2C+e.g.+from+a+fragmented+to+a+more+holistic+view.&rft.publisher=System+Dynamics+Society&rft.date=2015-07-22&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=33rd+International+Conference+of+the+System+Dynamics+Society&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+33rd+International+Conference+of+the+System+Dynamics+Society.++(pp.+P1278).++System+Dynamics+Society%3A+Cambridge%2C+USA.+(2015)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1470562%2F1%2FMeaning-making%2520in%2520the%2520process%2520of%2520participatory%2520system%2520dynamics%2520research%2520-%2520Conference%2520paper%2520-%2520abridged%2520and%2520final.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1470562%2F&rft.rights=open