Trace of change: How stigmergy maps social learning loops in Companion Modeling through participatory simulation

IF 8 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Journal of Environmental Management Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125292

François Vendel , Oleksandr Zaitsev , Pierre Bommel , Ibra Touré , Jean-Daniel Cesaro , Penda Diop , Marieme Fall Ba , Tamsir Mbaye , Etienne Delay

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Abstract

This study explored integrating stigmergy in Companion Modeling (ComMod) to enhance social learning loops (SLL) in participatory natural resource management. Taking a case study from the Ferlo region of Senegal, the research focuses on how stigmergy – a concept derived from biology involving indirect coordination through environmental traces – stimulates and documents cognitive, normative, and relational changes among stakeholders. By leaving digital traces during the iterative development of an Agent-Based Model (ABM), stigmergy support participants in co-constructing the model representing local agro-sylvo-pastoral dynamics. The paper highlights the role of stigmergy in fostering trust, knowledge sharing, and collaboration among diverse stakeholders and research team in a ComMod process, helping to refine the collective strategies aimed at sustainable land management. This research showed that stigmergic imprints can be used as a tool for monitor how learning and model development evolve during iterative modeling workshops, contributing to more adaptive and resilient resource governance strategies.

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变化的痕迹：通过参与式模拟，污名如何映射同伴建模中的社会学习循环

本研究探讨了在同伴模型（ComMod）中整合污名感以增强参与式自然资源管理中的社会学习循环（SLL）。该研究以塞内加尔费罗地区的一个案例为例，重点关注污名化——一个源自生物学的概念，涉及通过环境痕迹进行间接协调——如何刺激和记录利益相关者之间的认知、规范和关系变化。通过在基于agent的模型（ABM）的迭代开发过程中留下数字痕迹，污名化支持参与者共同构建代表当地农业-林业-畜牧业动态的模型。本文强调了在ComMod过程中，污名化在促进不同利益相关者和研究团队之间的信任、知识共享和合作方面的作用，有助于完善旨在可持续土地管理的集体战略。这项研究表明，污名烙印可以作为一种工具，用于监测在迭代建模研讨会期间学习和模型开发的演变，从而有助于制定更具适应性和弹性的资源治理策略。

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Journal of Environmental Management 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

13.70

自引率

5.70%

发文量

2477

审稿时长

84 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Management is a journal for the publication of peer reviewed, original research for all aspects of management and the managed use of the environment, both natural and man-made.Critical review articles are also welcome; submission of these is strongly encouraged.