scholarly journals PRÁTICAS SUSTENTÁVEIS ORIENTADAS PELO DESIGN: RELATO DA PROJETAÇÃO DE UM EVENTO

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
Ana Von Frankenberg Berger ◽  
Gabriela Würzius Zambenedetti ◽  
Carolina Hermes Eichenberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Strategic Design ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Systemic Understanding ◽  
Event Based

Este artigo relata a experiência de concepção de um evento orientada pelo Design Estratégico e baseada nos princípios da sustentabilidade. Trata-se de um congresso voltado ao público escolar, cujo objetivo central consistia em levar o interesse pela pesquisa científica aos professores e estudantes de ensino fundamental tendo como pano de fundo a temática da sustentabilidade. A equipe de Design buscou um alinhamento com práticas de sustentabilidade nos âmbitos social, econômico e ambiental, o que determinou as estratégias projetuais adotadas, as ações e os materiais desenvolvidos para o evento. Como resultados práticos desta atuação viu-se a formação de uma rede de atores envolvidos com a prática da sustentabilidade, o que levou à qualificação de ambientes educativos e ao compartilhamento de habilidades e conhecimentos. O caso apresenta a abordagem do Design Estratégico enquanto articuladora de redes através do entendimento sistêmico de projeto, o qual foi direcionado para o engajamento de atores que estariam fora de um projeto tradicional de evento, reforçando o viés de sustentabilidade social. O Design Estratégico, neste caso, converge com a abordagem do Design Social na medida em que se destaca uma preocupação social, sobretudo na inclusão de grupos produtivos de baixa renda para a confecção de produtos para o evento.ABSTRACTThis paper reports a Strategic Design driven event, based on principles of network and sustainability. This event was focused on students from public schools, and its main objective was to take an interest in scientific research on sustainability to teachers and elementary students. The design team sought alignment with sustainability practices in social, economic and environmental spheres, which determined the adopted design strategies, actions and materials developed for the event. As results, this actions saw the formation of a network engaged and involved with the practice of sustainability, which led to qualifying educational environments and the sharing of skills and knowledges. The case shows Strategic Design as a network articulator through a systemic understanding of the design practice, focusing on engaging actors not traditionally involved in the process, thus reinforcing the social sustainability dimension. Strategic Design, in this case, converges with the Social Design approach when it highlights social concerns, especially on including low income productive groups for the manufacture of products for the event. 

Brazil’s social economic incubators

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinaldo Pacheco da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Economic Plan ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Stagnation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Political Scene

In the 1980s, coinciding with the struggle for Brazil's re-democratisation, the Solidarity Economy movement emerged as an alternative to an economic plan that resulted in massive unemployment and economic stagnation. In this context, workers organizations based in self-management principles arose as a comprehensive economic, political and social movement. The Social Economic Incubators (SEI) support the creation of solidarity economic ventures (SEVs) in low-income communities through an incubation process conducted by universities to help generating income and jobs. This chapter gives an overview of these incubators, starting with a discussion of their historical evolution and political scene; presenting the political and pedagogical process adopted within the incubators and its methodology regarding the social economic ventures; and showing how these incubators were supported by the government and the civil society. Finally, the chapter discusses the results and benefits of the incubation process, not only in economic terms, but also in its educational, cultural and political nature.

scholarly journals Social food practices of children in the low-income Russian families

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. Egoryshev ◽  
R. M. Sadykov ◽  
Yu. V. Migunova
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Republic

The article is based on the results of the study of social practices of nutrition of children in low-income Russian families. The authors consider approaches to the study of food practices as a historically and culturally determined phenomenon, which is in many respects connected with social-economic characteristics and problems of the contemporary society. The quality of nutrition is defined as the main indicator of the social-economic development of the country determining public health and social potential. Today the Russian society is characterized by the deterioration of the children and adolescents’ health, including due to the decrease in the nutritional value of the family food consumption. The current situation proves the social significance of the problem of nutrition for children and other groups of population, which is manifested in the close relationship between the dietary practices and the content of the national projects implemented in Russia. The article presents the data of official statistics and the results of the survey conducted in the Republic of Bashkortostan, which characterize the existing and emerging food practices in Russian families as depending on their incomes and number of children. According to the results of the survey, for 35% of families the food expenses make up to 30-40% of their income, for 26% - 40-50%, while the share of 20-25% is considered the global threshold of poverty. With an increase in the level of income, the share of food expenses decreases, and vice versa; and the nutrition in small families is much better and diverse than in large families, i.e. the social nutrition practices of the Russian families depend on their incomes and living standards.

scholarly journals Strategies of design for social innovation and design activism in the promotion of positive social capital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-373
Author(s):  
Gheysa Caroline Prado ◽  
Felipe Dalla Pria Leme ◽  
Letícia Zem Messias ◽  
Nathan Samuel da Costa Miranda ◽  
Rafaella de Bona Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Coverage Area ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Design Activism

This case study aimed at mapping initiatives of social innovation that have promoted positive social capital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. To this end, information about the actions and their developers were collected online and further described using the forms "Light Format" and "In-Depth Format", from the toolkit developed by the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Network. In addition, interviews with the people involved in the projects were carried out in order to obtain further details. From the promising cases mapped, 15 were selected and categorized according to their field, coverage area and target. Finally, the initiatives were assessed based on the concepts of design for social innovation (Manzini, 2008) and design activism (Fuad Luke, 2009; Thorpe, 2012). The analysis showed that whether the actions proposed had the design framework conceptions as a theoretical basis or not, the projects indeed adopted design strategies to reach their goals, leading to positive impact in the social, economic and environmental areas and thus promoted positive social capital.

scholarly journals Activating Sustainable Building Technology’s Role in Contemporary Housing Design Strategies for Low-Income People after COVID19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 945 (1) ◽  
pp. 012069
Author(s):  
Abeer Samy Yousef Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
The Social

Abstract In the developing world, practical steps are taken to provide adequate, sustainable housing, especially for low-income people within technological age capabilities in construction by searching for new techniques of building technology to meet that goal. In the Arab countries, contemporary housing design is particularly effective because it is the primary unit of the contemporary urban fabric and the basic cell that constitutes most of the city’s area. So the following research questions are discussed in this study: What are the challenges facing contemporary sustainable housing design in specific affordable housing for the lower-income groups? What is the potential for sustainable building technology to meet that goal considering the social and economic dimension of the COVID 19 pandemic? What are the ambitions that they set out to achieve in that house? To emphasize the essential role of sustainable building technology and techniques in acquiring and implementing different goals and actual needs of all strata of society.

Civic Engagement

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Moore McBride
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Conditions

Civic engagement is the backbone of the social work profession. Through our civic mission, we have long organized and empowered citizens in common pursuits to address social, economic, and political conditions. In the United States, the status of social and political engagement is of heightened concern, particularly as emerging research demonstrates a range of effects. The challenge for social work is to increase the capacity of the nonprofit sector to promote and maximize engagement, especially among low-income and low-wealth individuals, through theory-driven, evidence-based interventions.

scholarly journals A Study on Constructing the Business Models of Community Development Social Enterprises from the Perspective of Social Design Strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Chang-Chih Wei ◽  
Shang-Yun Yen
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Social ◽  
Design Systems

With the development of globalization, countries encourage non-profit organizations or general enterprises to use the business model beyond profit, pay attention to social value and solve social or environmental problems synchronously. Social design is to solve social problems, promote innovation in the field of social reform, and solve all kinds of problems derived from social development. However, many social enterprises show enthusiasm for the society but ignore the importance of the management, which will be difficult to reach the goal of sustainable development.This paper serves as a reference for social enterprises to build a sustainable management model from the aspects of social design, systems thinking and value proposition of business model through a case study. The enterprises can not only achieve a sustainable development by relying on government subsidies or the implementation of government plans, but also solve social problems by improving the social environment.

scholarly journals Features of social and hygienic factors of young primiparаs

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
N A Shchetinina ◽  
L I Lavlinskaya ◽  
T A Lavlinskaya ◽  
E A Chernykh
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Factor ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Almost All

Aim. To assess the health status of young primiparae by studying the basic social and hygienic and demographic factors. Methods. The study involved 48 female patients of the women's consultation office registered with the pregnancy. The age ranged from 12 to 17 years, and averaged 15.71.4 years. We distinguished three clusters allowing to divide young primiparae into study groups: young 1213 years (n=15; 31.2%), middle 1415 years (n=20; 41.7%) and senior 1617 years old (n=13; 27.1%). The gestational age of young primiparae averaged 12.34.5 weeks. We conducted an anonymous survey of young primiparae, which included questions regarding the social hygienic and demographic factors of pregnancy. Differences were considered significant at a confidence level of p 0.05. Results. Most primiparae were raised in single-parent families (n=36; 75%), while in the young cluster, this social factor was identified among almost all girls (n=14; 93.3%). 30 young primiparae had random sexual activity (62.5%), the most pronounced indicator was found in the senior cluster (n=10; 76.9%). Assessment of social economic factor of primiparae taking into account the living conditions, found that 21 (43.8%) of them lived in a rented apartment. None of the primiparae from a young cluster lived in her own apartment or house. Most of the respondents were not satisfied with their living conditions (n=37; 77.1%). Evaluation of social economic factor of primiparae taking into account the income revealed that low income per family member of young primiparae amounted to 33.3% (n=16). In the young cluster, material income was low in most cases (60%). Conclusion. Young primiparae aged 1213 years have the most pronounced adverse sociohygienic and demographic factors of early pregnancy in contrast to older age groups.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

Multiple-source Record Linkage in a Rural Industrial Community, 1680–1820

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve King
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Multiple Source ◽  
Demographic Analysis ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Industrial Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Broad Outline

Re-creating the social, economic and demographic life-cycles of ordinary people is one way in which historians might engage with the complex continuities and changes which underlay the development of early modern communities. Little, however, has been written on the ways in which historians might deploy computers, rather than card indexes, to the task of identifying such life cycles from the jumble of the sources generated by local and national administration. This article suggests that multiple-source linkage is central to historical and demographic analysis, and reviews, in broad outline, some of the procedures adopted in a study which aims at large scale life cycle reconstruction.

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