Hypothesis:
Sharing networks will create sustainable models of living. Design can create the network, the platform and the community of sharing.
Assumptions:
Sharing economies will create sustainable models.
People are willing to share ownership and products.
Sharing economies will build communities.
Stakeholders:
Consumers: Interview people on how they share things, under what circumstances and for what reasons. Find out how much are they willing to share and why.
Companies that already implement a sharing system: Investigate what they are doing and what is making their model successful.
Cameron Tonkinwise: expertise on sharing economies
Psychologists: understand the psychological implementations of sharing and building relationships through sharing
Rachel Botsman: expertise in collaborative consumption
Javier Buj Garcia: expertise in indigenous communities in Mexico.
3 strategies:
Investigate existing models of sharing products and collaborative consumption.
Interview experts and get to know what opportunities they see for sharing systems.
Interview/survey the consumer who have used sharing systems and consumers that haven’t.
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Hi Paola,
I am a bit worried about the vagueness of what you have written here. This does not, to me, seem like a real thesis, because there is no specific objective. I am not sure what you mean by sharing, and so I can't see how this is testable or disprovable, both requirements for the thesis. What kind of product will you be working on, and for what audience? You need to get specific very quickly, in my opinion. Please feel free to get in touch with me by email or phone if you would like my help in working through various ideas or possibilities.
thanks,
steven
I agree that this is vague, but based on our discussion yesterday I think you are headed (although perhaps you should pick up the pace) towards a very interesting field of study. Carefully choose a context to begin investigating (for example, apartment dwelling or office work or a neighborhood/community) and observe behaviors as related to the tools and products that are owned. You need to analyze where there is opportunity to question ownership models (do we need to own our own computers? bicycles? clothes? furniture? phone? parking spot? Do we need to have our own kitchen? dining room? bathroom? outdoor space? Where is there opportunity for a paradigm shift and what would be the benefit to people and/or the environment? What does ownership mean - is it a status message? a safety issue? an extension of our selves?)
Once you have chosen a couple of key items that many people own but perhaps no one needs to own (in your estimation) you can begin testing.
This week you will have to test your core ideas about sharing and document the results for presentation. I am sure you will learn a lot if you tae advantage of this deadline.
Paola: some interesting things for you here-
http://www.centerforsustainableliving.org/library/?p=14
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