@conference {1982,
	title = {System representations of degrowth and sustainable consumption arguments for telling more empowering stories},
	booktitle = {Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity},
	year = {2014},
	address = {Leipzig},
	abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the process and results of construction of system representations of several respected and widely discussed arguments on sustainable consumption and degrowth, thereby providing new inputs into the debate on societal and economic alternatives and their practical and political implementation. We constructed system representations using analytical tools of system dynamics, and for visualisation purposes causal loop diagrams and stock-and-flow diagrams. We found that attempting this translation opens new avenues of inquiry of the original proposals (e.g. on underlying ontological assumptions, internal system dynamics, contradictions or intervention points), while leading to formulation of powerful stories. In the process we also addressed the question of what makes a story empowering, and the ways through which system representations do indeed tell stories. Through reflecting on our positions as academics, boundary drawers, process owners, storytellers and strategic interveners we came to formulate some directions and principles for possible conceptualisations of the construction and use of system representations for the purpose of achieving societal transformations.},
	author = {Michal Sedlacko and Prof. Inge R{\o}pke}
}
