What is it about?
This chapter shows that there is no quick fix for many major social problems; they require a holistic and empathic look, considering the system as a whole. It takes a multi-stakeholder approach, where designers are increasingly looking at developing meaningful experiences and work processes, and making people aware of their influence on certain urgent situations through design (interventions).
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Why is it important?
Dementia, climate change, and COVID-19; social issues are becoming increasingly acute. Topics that we all feel, but nobody really feels responsible for. It requires an individual and collective orientation to address these orphaned issues left in limbo.
Perspectives
My research line Societal Impact Design at Inholland’s Creative Business research group studies how co-design, as an approach, can contribute to exploring and addressing complex transition challenges in networks, and thus lead to positive societal change. In this research line, impact means that we empathically pursue social, ecolog-ical, and economic values and significance, for individuals, families, teams, neighborhoods, organizations, networks, and our society.
Professor Societal Impact Design Wina Smeenk
Inholland
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This page is a summary of: Societal impact design, June 2022, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1201/9781003265924-13.
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