System Thinking: A Glance On Human body and the Human ecosystems

Starting off with using System thinking as an approach to look deep into our own human body , I incorporated and linked some keywords of system thinking with the functions of body parts and I have realized that our own…

The Ambiguity of Boundaries in a System

A system is defined as a group of interdependent and congruent elements working together…

The Psycho-Emotional Roots of Addiction

Human body is imagined through different mental models and so are the diseases it experiences. In allopathic school of thought, a human body is imagined as a well oiled machine with various systems and processes coming together to form a whole. Anything that malfunctions within one…

Different Mental Models but similar systems.

REFLECTION OF MENTAL MODELS

Assignment 1

Puja Laginya Raghuraman

After the day’s discussion, I could not, but think of how similar the mental models of the traditional…

A collision of Systems and Parts.

The question of what is real and what is perceived as reality is one that has given birth to various…

The Body and Mind

The human body is a system that comprises of multiple smaller systems. Every organ, nerve, muscle in our body forms different systems. These are all parts of a whole system of tasks that our body performs. These smaller systems work together to make the whole bodily system work in synchronisation.

Designing Inclusive Systems

Systems play an integral part in our world. However, designing systems for humans is a tough ask, especially given the fact that…

Mental Models of the Body
How the Idea of the Body interacts with various Social, Cultural, Economic and Environmental Factors

As I stated in my presentation today, the body is an open, adaptive system as it learn and adapts both in the short term ( by understanding immediate needs of survival and…

Ayurveda: The gradual takeover by Modern Medicine

My presentation focuses on Ayurveda and how from a very long time it has been seen as an integrated system of healthcare as it uses a sundry of interactive therapies and interventions that are personalized and designed to help each person…

Limits vs. Human Body

The Human body is capable of amazing feats which it does without any external interference be it re-growing organs like liver or regular maintenance like the replacement of dead skin cells, but like every system it has it limits. There is only so much that the human body can do, perceive…