新作坊 Humanity Innovation and Social Practice

Making Things Happen: Social Innovation And Design (讓事情發生：社會創新與設計)

摘要：

In this article, the author explores the notion of social innovation as an emerging field of application for design. Three main types of social innovation processes are identified: top-down, which occurs when strong actors take the lead to promote social change; bottom-up, which occurs when social change emerges from grassroots activities; and hybrid, when a combination of top-down and bottom-up innovations take place concurrently. It is argued that promising cases of social and technological innovations are at the same time solutions to current problems and meaningful steps toward a sustainable society.

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在本文中，作者探討了社會創新作為應用設計的新興領域的概念。 指出三種主要的社會創新過程：自上而下，此為由強而有力的行動者帶頭推動社會變革的過程； 自下而上，此乃由草根運動引起的社會變革； 最後是混和型，當自上而下和自下而上的創新同時發生時。 識者認為社會和技術創新案例是當前問題的解決方案，同時對邁向永續社會也極富意義。