nicola bacon presentation to dansic urban uplift 110315
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DANSIC15 Urban Uplift, 11 March 2015
Putting people at the heart of placemaking & why we need social innovation
Nicola Bacon, Social Life
We continue to build and renew neighbourhoods
that then fail to thrive as flourishing communities
Where are the people?
“Design for social bæredygtighed”
ADD HEYGATE PICTURE
Existing models don’t work. We need to find new ways forward.
“The development of new ideas - products,
services or models - to meet unmet social
needs and create new social relationships or
collaborations.
Social innovations are both good for society and
enhance society’s capacity to act.”
What is social innovation?
“Innovation lies in the grey space
between agencies”
UK Audit Commission
Why does this matter for cities and local neighbourhoods?
About the survival of places
About the survival of organisations &
systems
Failure to innovate has real consequences
Recognise how people feel about the
places they live
Try new things, learn from others,
adapt
Understand the bigger picture
Diagnose the right problems
Innovating places
Use creative tools to explore solutions
Elephant & Castle shopping centre, south London
Recognise how people feel about the
places they live
Try new things, learn from others,
adapt
Understand the bigger picture
Diagnose the right problems
Innovating places
Use creative tools to explore solutions
Aylesbury estate, Southwark
Recognise how people feel about the
places they live
Try new things, learn from others,
adapt
Understand the bigger picture
Diagnose the right problems
Innovating places
Use creative tools to explore solutions
July 2012 & 2013, University of Chicago: how can
digital technology boost community resilience?
Brixton Green deliberative workshops
Recognise how people feel about the
places they live
Try new things, learn from others,
adapt
Understand the bigger picture
Diagnose the right problems
Innovating places
Use creative tools to explore solutions
Brixton pound one of first alternative currencies
Recognise how people feel about the
places they live
Try new things, learn from
others, adapt
Understand the bigger
picture
Diagnose the right problems
Innovating places
Use creative tools to explore solutions
Disengaged communities, poor education, high levels of disadvantage
Consensus about need for new approach
Data/studies on social need
External inspiration, social design principles, co-design solutions with participants
Learn from success of environmental sustainability programmes
Developing Malmö’s innovation story
Malmö is known internationally for green tech but also for its history of social problems
“The future is already here – it’s just not
very evenly distributed”
William Gibson
Mange tak!
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