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Interactive simulations for promoting transdisciplinary understanding: a case study of the Western Cape fisheries, South Africa

Cecile Proches, Shamim Bodhanya
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa | Vol 8, No 1 | a3 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v8i1.3 | © 2012 Cecile Proches, Shamim Bodhanya | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 23 February 2016 | Published: 31 July 2012

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Cecile Proches, Graduate School of Business and Leadership, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,, South Africa
Shamim Bodhanya, Graduate School of Business and Leadership, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,

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Abstract

Simulations have proven beneficial in enabling participants from various backgrounds to meaningfully engage in learning from experience. The aim of this paper is to investigate how interactive simulations can play a role in navigating the changes faced in a multi- stakeholder setting, characterised by users dependent on marine resources and an authorising institution. Relevant literature in the areas of simulation and gaming, change management, systems thinking, and complexity theory was examined. A qualitative research approach and purposive sampling were employed. Interviews were first conducted with diverse stakeholders in the Western Cape fisheries of South Africa to determine the issues. A simulation was thereafter designed. The main findings from this study indicate that simulation use illustrates how the various stakeholders in a system interact, and how their actions and decisions influence each other. The simulation may be used in other areas of natural resource management, as well as in other kinds of multi- stakeholder scenarios.

Keywords: Simulation and gaming, Change management, Fisheries, Multi-stakeholder scenarios, Systems thinking, Complexity theory

Disciplines: Conflict Resolution, Leadership Studies, Management Studies, Natural Resource Management

 


Keywords

Simulation and gaming; Change management; Fisheries; Multi-stakeholder scenarios; Systems thinking; Complexity theory

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