This book is about people, it is about “we”. It is about the daily life relations between democracy and people and the utopic state of the re-generation of democracy through social innovation. At the very center of this idea, citizens (we) are considered experts when it comes to the solution of their own obstacles, finding answers as from their own experiences. This form of innovation could be defined as collaborative practices. This approach expands the range of participants that could contribute to different causes. Here, people are the ones making things happen, enabling ecosystems and creating future visions of their own society. The city of Medellin will be the geographical context of this study. It is a city that moved from violence to urban innovation, and has faced multiple changes and facets over the years. The main goal of this research is to show how the concept of social innovation can turn into a driver of change. People are able to apply design (seen as a human capability) in democracy through collaborative practices such as social innovation and consequently to transform the idea of democracy itself. This study is also about transformations, and the idea that all these changes we are going through in the world or in a particular society need participation and collective actions. Therefore, these actions and behaviours will affect democracy. The goal of this book is to understand why people do participate and what their motivations are regarding social innovation and thereby bring participatory democracy to a new context of learnings and discoveries lead by people (we).
Questo libro parla di persone, parla di “noi”. Si tratta delle relazioni quotidiane tra la democrazia e le persone e lo stato utopico della ri-generazione della democrazia attraverso l’innovazione sociale. Proprio al centro di questa idea, i cittadini (noi) sono considerati esperti quando si tratta della soluzione dei propri ostacoli, che trovano risposte come dalle proprie esperienze. Questa forma di innovazione potrebbe essere definita come pratica collaborativa. Questo approccio espande la gamma di partecipanti che potrebbero contribuire a cause diverse. Qui, le persone sono quelle che fanno accadere le cose, abilitando gli ecosistemi e creando visioni future della propria società. a città di Medellin sarà il contesto geografico di questo studio. È una città che si è spostata dalla violenza all’innovazione urbana e che ha dovuto affrontare molteplici cambiamenti e sfaccettature nel corso degli anni. L’obiettivo principale di questa ricerca è mostrare come il concetto di innovazione sociale può trasformarsi in un motore di cambiamento. Le persone sono in grado di applicare il design (inteso come capacità umana) nella democrazia attraverso pratiche collaborative come l’innovazione sociale e di conseguenza trasformare l’idea stessa di democrazia. Questo studio riguarda anche le trasformazioni e l’idea che tutti questi cambiamenti che stiamo attraversando nel mondo o in una particolare società richiedano partecipazione e azioni collettive. Pertanto, queste azioni e questi comportamenti influenzeranno la democrazia. L’obiettivo di questo libro è capire perché le persone partecipano e quali sono le loro motivazioni per quanto riguarda l’innovazione sociale e quindi portare la democrazia partecipativa in un nuovo contesto di apprendimenti e scoperte guidati da persone (noi).
Disruptive population
GONZALEZ OSORIO, LAURA
2017/2018
Abstract
This book is about people, it is about “we”. It is about the daily life relations between democracy and people and the utopic state of the re-generation of democracy through social innovation. At the very center of this idea, citizens (we) are considered experts when it comes to the solution of their own obstacles, finding answers as from their own experiences. This form of innovation could be defined as collaborative practices. This approach expands the range of participants that could contribute to different causes. Here, people are the ones making things happen, enabling ecosystems and creating future visions of their own society. The city of Medellin will be the geographical context of this study. It is a city that moved from violence to urban innovation, and has faced multiple changes and facets over the years. The main goal of this research is to show how the concept of social innovation can turn into a driver of change. People are able to apply design (seen as a human capability) in democracy through collaborative practices such as social innovation and consequently to transform the idea of democracy itself. This study is also about transformations, and the idea that all these changes we are going through in the world or in a particular society need participation and collective actions. Therefore, these actions and behaviours will affect democracy. The goal of this book is to understand why people do participate and what their motivations are regarding social innovation and thereby bring participatory democracy to a new context of learnings and discoveries lead by people (we).File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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