scholarly journals Comunidade Ribeirinha Santo Ezequiel Moreno: inovações sociais em torno do açaí relacionadas à organização ## Santo Ezequiel Moreno Community: social innovations around açai berry related to the organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Lucivando Barbosa de Moraes ◽  
William Santos de Assis ◽  
Tatiana Deane de Abreu Sá
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Acai Berry

A pesquisa aborda inovações sociais relacionadas ao agroextrativismo do açaí na comunidade ribeirinha Santo Ezequiel Moreno (SEM), município de Portel, arquipélago do Marajó, estado do Pará. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e analisar as principais inovações sociais relacionadas ao agroextrativismo do açaí e que apresentam influência direta da organização deste território. O método utilizado foi o de estudo de caso e a pesquisa realizada entre setembro de 2018 e julho de 2020, os dados foram coletados com a participação dos ribeirinhos seguindo etapas da pesquisa, sendo aplicadas análises qualitativas e quantitativas descritas em forma de sistematização. Foram identificadas duas inovações sociais na comunidade SEM conforme Bignetti (2011) e debates que consideram organização como objeto e processo social, que estão interligadas através de ajuda mútua dos comunitários facilitadas pela autogestão de todas elas, além disso, apresentam o Fundo Solidário Açaí (FSA) como inovação social base em função do processo de construção que despertou maior organização e cooperação entre os comunitários. O Manejaí é uma inovação social que revela resultados da organização comunitária presente na comunidade Santo Ezequiel Moreno que transpassam o território e aplicam com êxito a ideia de territorialidade.    ABSTRACTThe research addresses social innovations related to açaí agroextractivism in the Santo Ezequiel Moreno (SEM) riverside community, Portel municipality, Marajó archipelago, state of Pará. The objective of this study was to identify and analyze the main social innovations, resulting from the agroextractivism of açaí and which have a direct influence on the organization of this territory. The method used was the case study and the data were collected with the participation of riverside dwellers following stages of the research, applying qualitative and quantitative analyzes described in the form of systematization. Two social innovations were identified in the SEM community according to the outline proposed in the research, which are interconnected through the mutual help of the community facilitated by the self-management of all of them, in addition, they present the Fundo Solidário Açaí (FSA) as a social innovation based on the process construction that aroused greater organization and cooperation among community members. Manejaí is a social innovation that reveals results of the community organization present in the Santo Ezequiel Moreno community that cross the territory and successfully apply the idea of territoriality.

Trajectories of Social Innovation

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-148
Author(s):  
Gudrun-Christine Schimpf ◽  
Georg Mildenberger ◽  
Susanne Giesecke ◽  
Attila Havas
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Short Description ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Term Analysis

The chapter deals with the trajectory of social housing as a social innovation in European countries from the nineteenth century to the present. The long-term analysis of this comprehensive case study is guided by the Extended Social Grid Model (ESGM). Following a short description of seven different phases of social housing, the chapter turns to the role of social powers and the capability approach. All in all, the involvement of various actors and social networks in shaping a successful innovation becomes visible. Another important point is the insight that social innovations have to adjust to ever changing contexts du their trajectory. The analysis sheds light on supporting conditions of successful social innovations and reflects on the co-evolution of social and business innovations.

scholarly journals A grassroots development in the light of the development theories, a case study in rural India: food for life Vrindavan

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Grassroots Development ◽  
Grassroots Innovation ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
In The Beginning

In this study, the activities of a volunteer based grassroots development in rural India - Food for Life Vrindavan (FFLV) - are presented. A thorough examination of how it complies with the dimensions established in the scientific literature about grassroots and social innovations and what the characteristics of its activities are in the light of the latest trends in human development is performed. The article is organised into six sections: after a short introduction about the subject, the objectives and the layout of the paper, section 2 presents the timeline of the development industry with a particular emphasis on the process of turning from national economy boosting initiatives to the dimensions of human development. In section 3 the key elements in the literatures on the capability approach and grassroots/social innovations are presented. Section 4 introduces the case of FFLV, followed by a detailed analysis in section 5 where FFLV’s position with regards to the different perspectives is discussed. In section 6, the quantitative analysis is conducted. Concluding the paper in the final section, some reflections on the usefulness of the study are mentioned. Based on the results of the conducted research the following conclusions have been made: 1) In the beginning, Food for Life Vrindavan was an entirely volunteer based grassroots innovation. With a gradual increase in the number of people it served and subsequent expansion in it’s fields of services, it has become a social innovation. 2) The characteristics of FFLV’s activities fit into the dimensions of human development established by the United Nations based on Amartya Sen’s concept of capability approach. 3) The financial resources of FFLV are modest in comparison to the OECD financed development industry, with the former having access to merely a quarter of the latter’s “per capita” funds available for the area of activity around Vrindavan.

Conclusion: local social innovation and welfare reform

2019 ◽  
pp. 217-228
Author(s):  
Stijn Oosterlynck ◽  
Andreas Novy ◽  
Yuri Kazepov
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In this chapter, we draw a range of overall conclusions from our case-study based investigation of how local social innovations operate as vehicles of welfare reform. We reflect on the impact of the increased interest of policy-makers in social innovation and on the relationship between social innovation and other social policy paradigms, notably the established paradigm of social protection and its main contender, the social investment paradigm. We also discuss our main findings with regard to the mix of actors, resources and instruments supporting localized social innovations, the multi-scalar nature social innovations, its empowerment dimension and relationship with knowledge. Finally, we look at the consolidation of social innovation in specific welfare-institutional contexts.

scholarly journals Capturing Social Innovations in Agricultural Transformation from the Field: Outcomes of a Write-Shop

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bram Peters ◽  
Marion Herens ◽  
Jan Brouwers
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Process Change ◽  
Agricultural Transformation ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Nutrition Sensitive

The aim of this project was to explore the theme of social innovation for nutrition-sensitive and sustainable agriculture, resulting in examples of improved production and consumption of nutritious food. Social innovation refers to the generation and implementation of new ideas about how people organize interpersonal activities, or social interactions, to meet one or more common goals and in the process change basic routines, resources, and decision-making processes. In the country context of Myanmar, this research aimed to capture a variety of social innovation cases related to processes of agricultural transformation. Through the method of a collaborative case study write-shop, Myanmar-specific social innovations were identified, illustrating various forms of social innovation across the cases with citizen engagement processes. The write-shop method, in combination with the embedded expertise of development practitioners, proved to be a promising approach to identify niche innovations, distil insights, reframe actions, and promote critical thinking among different actors.

scholarly journals Managing social innovation in for-profit organizations: the case of Intesa Sanpaolo

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naiara Altuna ◽  
Anna Maria Contri ◽  
Claudio Dell'Era ◽  
Federico Frattini ◽  
Paolo Maccarrone
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
For Profit Organizations

Purpose – Social innovations are defined as innovative products or services motivated by the goal of meeting a social need, with the opportunity to create new social relationships or collaborations. Although developing social innovations has been the primary concern of non-profit organizations so far, there are signs of an increasing involvement in this type of innovations of for-profit firms, in an attempt to accomplish their corporate social responsibility strategies. This notwithstanding, there is very limited knowledge on how for-profit organizations can develop a capability to manage social innovation projects. The purpose of this paper is to provide exploratory evidence to fill this gap. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents and discusses a case study of a firm that has been involved in social innovation for years. It is Intesa Sanpaolo, a for-profit organization that leads the Italian banking sector. Findings – The case study points to the existence of three managerial antecedents of a superior ability in social innovation: integrating CSR in its business strategy with a strong commitment from the top management; separating the activities concerned with the development of social innovations from the rest of the organization, following to the structural ambidexterity model; applying the principles of open innovation to the development of social innovations, by involving in particular non-profit organizations as a source of ideas for new social innovation projects and leveraging them to enable adoption of the new products and services. Originality/value – So far there is very limited knowledge on how for-profit organizations can develop a capability to manage social innovation projects. This paper provides exploratory evidence to fill this gap.

scholarly journals How social innovations spread globally through the process of reverse innovation: a case-study from the South Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Cannavale ◽  
Lorenza Claudio ◽  
Michele Simoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Reverse Innovation ◽  
Social Goal ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations

AbstractNowadays, innovation is no longer a peculiarity of developed economies. Indeed, more frequently, it occurs that innovations born in the so called "emerging countries" spread in the advanced ones. This phenomenon is well known as Reverse innovation (RI), and within the global innovation literature about RI, some authors refer to these reversed innovations as developed in order to solve social or economic issues, specific of emerging contexts. However, scholars use to connect innovation with social goal as primary benefit to another phenomenon: i.e., Social innovation (SI). Within the Social innovation literature, there is a lack concerning how it should be undertaken to spread globally. Thus, we applied the Reverse innovation process to Social innovations: through a case-study analysis, we link the two phenomena which have never been explored together in previous studies. The paper aims at understanding how Social innovations spread from emerging to more advanced markets, while implementing this inversion of the flow. Further, we want to explore which is the potential that a Social innovation has in the host market: in other words, if SI could lose, hold, reduce, or increase their original social connotation.

scholarly journals Transformative Social Innovation and Multisystemic Resilience

2021 ◽  
pp. 493-506
Author(s):  
Katharine McGowan ◽  
Francis Westley
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
The Relationship

To illustrate the relationship between transformative social innovation and multisystem resilience, this chapter summarizes three transformative social innovations, the National Parks in the United States, the internet, and the challenging or social engineering–like case of the intelligence test. Each case study demonstrates how innovations shift several systems as they develop, scale up, and even became challenged themselves, as well as the authors’ overarching assertion that transformative social innovation and multisystem resilience are deeply interrelated. Additionally, it is by understanding our social innovation history that we can be better prepared for our future and avoid the pitfalls of social innovation’s underappreciated dark side, the risk of social engineering. This chapter is based on over a decade of work on multisystem resilience and social innovation at the Waterloo Institute of Social Innovation and Resilience.

scholarly journals The Role of Translation in Citizen Science to Foster Social Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Heinisch
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations

Citizen science has become a world-wide phenomenon. Especially for citizen science projects that have a global reach, translation is crucial to overcome language and cultural barriers to reach members of the public. Translation, understood as the transfer of meaning (of a text) from one language into another language, is crucial for the transmission of information, knowledge and (social) innovations. Therefore, this paper examines the role of translation and terminology used in citizen science projects and how translation can foster (or impede) social innovation through citizen science activities. Based on a set of predefined criteria derived from the social innovation literature, this paper analyzes the factors that contribute to (social) innovation in citizen science by means of translation. A specific focus of the case study is on the aspects of agency, institutions, and social systems. The results demonstrate that translation in citizen science may support a change of social practices as ingredients of social innovations. Additional research is needed to further understand the implications of translation in citizen science and its effects on social innovation. Nevertheless, this work has been one of the first attempts to examine the relation between translation, citizen science and social innovation.

scholarly journals Getting personal: investigating how living with universal credit affects emotions and identities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sophia Constance Negus
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Market Society ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

This thesis investigates the impacts of Universal Credit (UC) on emotions, wellbeing, identities, and the ‘self’. The findings are of growing importance as increasing numbers of people are receiving UC. Six million people now engage with a ‘violent’ system (Cooper and Whyte, 2017) which pushes people further from the labour market, society, health, and their ‘self’. UC introduced radical changes to British working-age social security, with aims to ‘simplify’ the system, reduce costs and fraud, and ‘make work pay’. Since launching in 2013, there has been growing evidence on the negative impacts of UC, yet, little is known about the impact UC has on emotions, wellbeing, identities, and the ‘self’, a gap in knowledge this thesis addresses. A geographically bound case-study was adopted using semi-structured interviews and participant-solicited diaries to investigate the diverse realities and impacts of UC. The analytical framework utilises several concepts and theories, drawing upon Elias (1994) as it is argued UC is a ‘civilising offensive’ (Powell, 2013), and Goffman (1997/2007) to explore the impacts on identities. This thesis provides empirical contributions to knowledge surrounding the extent and severity of the impacts of UC on emotions and the ‘self’. The research found that harm inflicted from UC carries serious consequences and the experiences indicate a systemic erosion of people, lives, and possibilities. The findings demonstrate how UC is experienced as dehumanizing and destabilising of emotions, wellbeing and the ‘self’. It provides important insights into how people respond to UC and the significant resources spent on ‘self-management’ as individuals attempt to preserve their identities which are under threat from institutional scrutiny, stigma and increasing poverty. Therefore, this thesis provides an important contribution to knowledge surrounding the corrosive nature of UC.

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