Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific

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Yoko Akama (RMIT University, School of Design, Australia.) Joyce Yee (Northumbria University, School of Design, UK.)

Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific

Yoko Akama (RMIT University, School of Design, Australia.), Joyce Yee (Northumbria University, School of Design, UK.)

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Routledge
17 November 2023

The Arts: General & Reference; Regional studies; Communication studies; Humanities; Media studies

Series: Design Research for Change

Rooted in the places, cultures, histories, and wisdom of the diverse Asia-Pacific region, this book gathers heterogeneous practices of designing social innovation that address various social, political, and environmental challenges.

In contrast to dominant notions of design from the Global North that evolved through industrialisation and modernist thinking, the examples in this book speak to designing that is embodied, relational, temporal, ontological, and entangled deeply with ecologies. This edited volume shares rich and detailed stories from Aotearoa New Zealand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, Vanuatu and a continent now called Australia, that offer honest and critical reflections from practitioners and scholars on designing social innovation. Contributors explore issues of ethics, politics, and positionality in their work. This book highlights the importance of respecting multiple knowledge streams, worldviews, and practices situated in a place. This then supports a plurality of designing social innovation. In all, this book offers ways to sharpen focus on entangled pluralities as a central condition for designing. It is a contribution of hope and inspiration that are becoming more urgently needed in the volatile uncertainties of this world.

This book will be of interest to scholars working in social innovation, service design, social design, participatory design, design anthropology, and Asian studies.

Edited by: Yoko Akama (RMIT University School of Design Australia.), Joyce Yee (Northumbria University, School of Design, UK.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781032140643
ISBN 10: 103214064X
Series: Design Research for Change
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 17 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yoko Akama is Associate Professor at RMIT University, School of Design, Australia. Joyce Yee is Professor at Northumbria University, School of Design, United Kingdom.