Social innovation has started to make a place within the current discussions about innovation as a possible new paradigm and as a way to create social impact in societies. For this reason, the objective of this work is to present an overview of the current state of this field, first in the world and then in the specific case of Colombia, in order to make an analysis of the social innovation ecosystem in this country and some possible ways in which it can be improved and enhanced. Furthermore, the developments and ideas coming from the design field about generating social impact are presented, due to their relevancy when dealing with creative ways of tackling problems. In specific, the improvements proposed come from what is called Design for Social Development, term created by Ezio Manzini. After the literature review, the state of the social innovation field in the Colombian context was analyzed, finding some strengths and weaknesses, as well as some points that could be improved in order to keep fostering this field in the country. The most important pitfalls found are the knowledge and information transfer, the visibility of initiatives and the fragmentation of the actors, who sometimes find it difficult to connect between each other. As possible solutions to implement, some design methods were proposed regarding the creation and support of infrastructuring and connecting spaces to tackle the fragmentation, and also some tools that may serve as a way of increasing the visibility. This aimed at providing a new insight coming from a field that can have a high impact to improve the performance, by providing better ways to connect and to collaborate between actors and sectors within social innovation.
La innovazione sociale ha cominciato ad avere un posto nelle discussioni sulla innovazione come un possibile nuovo paradigma e come una maniera di creare impatto social nella società. Per questa ragione, l’obbiettivo di questo lavoro e presentare una panoramica del attuale stato di questo campo, prima nel mondo e poi nel caso specifico di Colombia, in modo da fare un’analisi sul ecosistema della innovazione sociale in questo paese e alcune possibili maniere in cui si può migliorare e potenziare. Inoltre, si presentano gli sviluppi e idee proveniente dal campo del disegno su come generare impatto sociale, a causa di la sua pertinenza per trovare modi creativi di affrontare i problemi. In specifico, i miglioramenti proposti vengono dal Disegno per lo Sviluppo Sociale, termine creato per Ezio Manzini. Dopo la rivista de letteratura, lo stato della innovazione sociale nel contesto colombiano e stato analizzato, trovando alcune punti di forza e di debolezza, oltre a alcuni punti che si possono migliorare per promuovere e favorire questo campo nel paese. Le insidie più importante trovate sono il trasferimento della conoscenza e la informazione, la visibilità delle iniziative e la frammentazione degli attori, i cui a volte trovano difficile collegarsi con altri attori. Come possibile soluzione per implementare, alcuni metodi di disegno sono stati proposti sulla creazione e supporto della infrastruttura e spazi di connessione to affrontare la frammentazione, ed anche alcuni strumenti che possono servire come modo di aumentare la visibilità. Questo e mirato a provvedere una nuova idea e visione proveniente da un campo che può avere un alto impatto per migliorare la performance fornendo maniere di collegarsi e collaborare fra attori e settori della innovazione sociale.
Design for social innovation in Colombia. How design tools and methods can improve social innovation ecosystem
DORIA GARCIA, JOSE' JAVIER
2016/2017
Abstract
Social innovation has started to make a place within the current discussions about innovation as a possible new paradigm and as a way to create social impact in societies. For this reason, the objective of this work is to present an overview of the current state of this field, first in the world and then in the specific case of Colombia, in order to make an analysis of the social innovation ecosystem in this country and some possible ways in which it can be improved and enhanced. Furthermore, the developments and ideas coming from the design field about generating social impact are presented, due to their relevancy when dealing with creative ways of tackling problems. In specific, the improvements proposed come from what is called Design for Social Development, term created by Ezio Manzini. After the literature review, the state of the social innovation field in the Colombian context was analyzed, finding some strengths and weaknesses, as well as some points that could be improved in order to keep fostering this field in the country. The most important pitfalls found are the knowledge and information transfer, the visibility of initiatives and the fragmentation of the actors, who sometimes find it difficult to connect between each other. As possible solutions to implement, some design methods were proposed regarding the creation and support of infrastructuring and connecting spaces to tackle the fragmentation, and also some tools that may serve as a way of increasing the visibility. This aimed at providing a new insight coming from a field that can have a high impact to improve the performance, by providing better ways to connect and to collaborate between actors and sectors within social innovation.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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