The collaborative dimension of social innovation

Shaping the way we think and act, technological progress is redefining the society we live in. In order not to be overwhelmed by their own tools, people try to build themselves and their aspirations through the imaginary. This one, charged with symbols and striving to represent the desires and anxie...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Bertirotti, Raffaella Fagnoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mimesis Edizioni, Milano 2016-09-01
Series:Im@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary
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Online Access:http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IMAGO/article/view/1301
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description Shaping the way we think and act, technological progress is redefining the society we live in. In order not to be overwhelmed by their own tools, people try to build themselves and their aspirations through the imaginary. This one, charged with symbols and striving to represent the desires and anxieties of all of us, may be social as well as individual, thus becoming an active engine to re-think the future of a society that seems rooted in an eternal present. A new demand of change is moving people, group of active citizens, realizing to live in a state of uncertainty, crossing crisis. Thanks to technology and networking they act creating a pervasive creative intelligence spreading collective and grass-rooted activities and bottom-up solutions to real, local and social problems. Terms such as communion and commotion (i.e. shared emotion), can assume a leading role in designing the world of tomorrow with actions oriented the most on processes than on products. Design, with new creative forms of collaboration, can facilitate this process.
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spelling doaj.art-601ce9143e6a428399fa0770e095c1812022-12-21T21:04:50ZengMimesis Edizioni, MilanoIm@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary2281-81382281-81382016-09-010712713910.7413/228181380631026The collaborative dimension of social innovationAlessandro Bertirotti0Raffaella Fagnoni1<p>General Psychology</p> <p>University of Genoa</p><p>Design Laboratories</p> <p>University of Genoa</p>Shaping the way we think and act, technological progress is redefining the society we live in. In order not to be overwhelmed by their own tools, people try to build themselves and their aspirations through the imaginary. This one, charged with symbols and striving to represent the desires and anxieties of all of us, may be social as well as individual, thus becoming an active engine to re-think the future of a society that seems rooted in an eternal present. A new demand of change is moving people, group of active citizens, realizing to live in a state of uncertainty, crossing crisis. Thanks to technology and networking they act creating a pervasive creative intelligence spreading collective and grass-rooted activities and bottom-up solutions to real, local and social problems. Terms such as communion and commotion (i.e. shared emotion), can assume a leading role in designing the world of tomorrow with actions oriented the most on processes than on products. Design, with new creative forms of collaboration, can facilitate this process.http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IMAGO/article/view/1301Emotions-CommotionsSocial InnovationSocial ImaginaryCollaborative DimensionThings and PeopleConceivable Future
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Things and People
Conceivable Future
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