TY - GEN
T1 - Shaping Social Innovation in Local Communities
T2 - 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society, NordiCHI 2020
AU - Cibin, Roberto
AU - Robinson, Sarah
AU - Teli, Maurizio
AU - Linehan, Conor
AU - Maye, Laura
AU - Csíkszentmihályi, Christopher
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Owner/Author.
PY - 2020/10/25
Y1 - 2020/10/25
N2 - Participatory social innovation projects often involve the coming together of design researchers, community development groups, and community members to develop (often technological) solutions to social problems or challenges. "Intermediaries" are specific individuals and organisations who contribute to these projects by translating intentions, values and experiences between design researchers and communities. Previous research has not yet critically examined the role of intermediaries in such projects. This paper does so in a project carried out in rural areas of Europe, which sought to test and develop a technology to support the creation of FM community radio stations in isolated areas. We present the project as a biography of infrastructures to provide an account of intermediaries' interactions during the project's unfolding. We find that how intermediaries shape the social base and ends of the project, and the interpretation of the technology involved, is influenced by their position, goals, and relationships in the process.
AB - Participatory social innovation projects often involve the coming together of design researchers, community development groups, and community members to develop (often technological) solutions to social problems or challenges. "Intermediaries" are specific individuals and organisations who contribute to these projects by translating intentions, values and experiences between design researchers and communities. Previous research has not yet critically examined the role of intermediaries in such projects. This paper does so in a project carried out in rural areas of Europe, which sought to test and develop a technology to support the creation of FM community radio stations in isolated areas. We present the project as a biography of infrastructures to provide an account of intermediaries' interactions during the project's unfolding. We find that how intermediaries shape the social base and ends of the project, and the interpretation of the technology involved, is influenced by their position, goals, and relationships in the process.
KW - Community Radio
KW - Intermediaries
KW - Participatory Design
KW - Social Innovation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85123042533
U2 - 10.1145/3419249.3420178
DO - 10.1145/3419249.3420178
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85123042533
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - NordiCHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 25 October 2020 through 29 October 2020
ER -