Relationality-oriented systems design for emergence, growth, and operation of relationality

Abstract

Relationality-oriented system science introduced here is a new research field where we try to understand and grasp systems as substance in which humans, tangible and intangible artifacts are interdependent and function together. This paper proposes a research framework for a social network system that elicits relationality from people's daily life, grows relationality with self-propagation and self-proliferation mechanisms, and enables to promote, manage and operate reproduction of relationality. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.