Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific

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

List of contents

1. Introduction: Inter-related worldviews of designing social innovation Section 1 2. Teu le v¿: "Nurture the space in-between" when Designing with Communities 3. Inter-generational care of ecologies through social learning 4. Place-based Citizen Science as a Heartware approach to build shared values and capacity for watershed management 5. Rescripting The Absurd in Indonesia Section 2 6. Infrastructuring resilience for sustaining ecosystems: a story from Chikugo, Japan 7. Calling on "aunties" and "nieces": Empowering women in creative sectors in Southeast Asia through designing mentorship 8. Dynamics of power & participation: lessons from Cambodia and Thailand 9. Relationships matter: the role of family-like bonds and interdependency in designing social innovation practices Section 3 10. Tikanga-led design: Wh¿nau-led Innovation for System Transformation 11. Design tools for the pluriverse: proposals for designing public services 12. Examining design orientations through Indigenous Filipino strengths perspective 13. Reflections on the role of participants and practitioners in situating participatory design practices 14. Uncovering tracks: Towards conscious, embodied international development practice in the Pacific 15. Learning to see oneself, in community: An inquiry into what makes collaborative design come alive within a community in Myanmar

About the author

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

Product details

• Assisted by: Akama Yoko (Editor), Yee Joyce (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032155562
• ISBN: 978-1-032-15556-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Design Research for Change
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, Product Design, Asia, The arts: general issues, DESIGN / General, DESIGN / Product, ART / History / General, DESIGN / History & Criticism, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Humanities, Communication Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Art forms, The Arts: art forms, The arts: general topics