期刊名称:She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
印刷版ISSN:2405-8726
出版年度:2019
卷号:5
期号:4
页码:261-284
DOI:10.1016/j.sheji.2019.09.001
语种:English
出版社:Elsevier
摘要:AbstractTobacco use is a persistent social issue worldwide. The World Health Organization has found that policy change and regulation are the clearest paths to resolution. In Indonesia, where smoking is increasingly common, tobacco control has become a wicked problem, plagued by conflicting stakeholder interests, public mistrust of science and government, and the lack of a clear path to a nationally applicable approach. At the local level, however, social change can take many forms, and involve diverse communities, individual citizens, businesses, NGOs, and multiple levels of government in dynamic stakeholder configurations. By treating tobacco in Indonesia as a wicked problem, and taking an iterative, collaborative approach to resolution, we demonstrate how locally-organized, youth-focused anti-tobacco campaigns are less about finding a single solution to tobacco use and more about identifying, connecting, and supporting local stakeholders working together towards preferred futures. We argue for the inclusion of locally-focused design research programs when rethinking complex issues such as tobacco control in places where national regulation is failing.Highlights•Framing tobacco as a wicked problem in Indonesia can be a platform for supporting and connecting local tobacco control initiatives.•Designers can help communities make sense of tobacco use as a public health issue in Indonesia by facilitating local conversations and creative expressions.•Designers can help shift discussions from “what we don’t want” to “what we want” and direct efforts accordingly.•Excluding the tobacco industry as a stakeholder in the wicked problem of tobacco can make room for other local actors at the table, while also facilitating designers’ grasp of the complexity of stakeholder relations at the local level.