BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//35.224.247.64//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.1// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Gar Alperovitz X-WR-CALDESC:Historian\, political economist\, activist\, writer X-FROM-URL:https://garalperovitz.wpengine.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:https://garalperovitz.wpengine.com/?post_type=ai1ec_event&\;p=1666& #038\;instance_id= DTSTAMP:20240329T112216Z CONTACT:http://www.crises.uqam.ca/ DESCRIPTION:
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Social Transformation through Social Innovation
\nLa transformation sociale par l’innovation sociale
\n4th CRISES International Conference
\nCentre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES)
\n(Center for research on social innovations)
\nDates: Ap ril 3 and 4\, 2014
\nPlace: Université du Québec à Montréal ( UQAM)\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
\nLanguages: French and En glish
\nOpening address: Enzo Mingione\, University of Milan- Bicocca
\nConfirmed keynote speakers: Gar Alperovitz\, Luiz Inácio Gaiger\, Florence Jany-Catrice\, Jean-Louis Laville\, Benoît Lévesque\, Frank Moulaert\, Marthe Nyssens and Bernard Pecqueur
\nCALL FOR PAPERS
\nThere is a common consensus that we are curr ently undergoing an unprecedented period of rapid changes that are affecti ng our relation to time\, space and society as a whole. Economic\, social and institutional crises\, along with political disinterest\, growing ineq ualities and loss of meaning are combining to create a toxic climate marke d by a loss of reference points and overall disenchantment. However\, many people see in this a period of transition and an opportunity for renewal. For them\, the crises give rise to a second modernity and a dynamic of in novation and transformation. From that perspective\, the current disruptio ns\, far from pushing civil society toward apathy\, are taken as an opport unity to introduce social transformations that aim to redefine society on more solidarity-based\, equitable\, ethical\, ecological and civic-minded terms.
\nIn that context\, the challenge for the social sciences con sists of identifying not only the failures but also the new avenues and op portunities that are emerging. Through its research on social innovation\, aligned with this perspective\, the CRISES research centre seeks to under stand the social reconstruction driven by the emergence of socially innova tive developments at the micro and macro levels\, including the impacts of these experiences on the social transformations taking shape. By investig ating the actors\, structures\, subjects and impacts of these developments at once\, the analysis of social innovation will help to determine the ca pacity for initiative on the part of individuals\, organizations\, collect ivities and social movements. These investigations will also shed light on the process of innovation transfer and the role of public policy in the d ynamics of institutionalization that arise from this transfer. However\, t o meet these challenges\, which are both social and scientific in nature\, research on social innovation would have to adopt a cross-disciplinary pe rspective and specify its epistemological and methodological stance. Only in this way can it produce action-oriented knowledge and ensure that the n ormative and ideological foundations of innovation are made explicit. Such a process will allow to go beyond the discourse of those creating innovat ion in order to address the political issues that accompany the emergence of any social innovation\, and which have a determining influence on its d urability and potential for social transformation.
\nSocial innovati on is\, by definition\, a transgression of rules and standards that may le ad to a transformation of the prevailing order. There thus exists a consta nt dialectic between innovation and institution. In that context\, the sta te is called on to provide the necessary support to innovation by relaxing or adjusting its public policies and by offering increased access to fina ncial and informational resources. In addition\, it must give the actors g reater autonomy to let them unfold their transformative potential and prov ide the latitude necessary for engagement in the innovation process. Furth er\, for social innovation to become a carrier of social transformation\, it must engage in two types of processes: one\, a collective learning and creation process that allows individuals and communities to (re)empower th emselves\, and\, two\, an interaction between the actors concerned that ma kes room for dialogue and compromise\,
\nso that innovation can evol ve in a dynamic of path building. Under these conditions\, social innovati on can then become the key ingredient of an alternative development strate gy that gives rise to new values (solidarity\, equity\, social justice). T he many references to social innovation that are currently made—to the poi nt where social innovation has become a widely used concept—demonstrate th at social innovation is not simply a fleeting reflection of a transition\, but very much a constituent part of a new model that promotes a culture o f change. However\, this evolution raises questions about the orientation of that change: Who (or what) will it benefit? How will it be implemented?
\nThe proliferation of social innovations alone is not sufficient t o generate a new development model. Rather\, it is by the embeddedness of these innovations within a new way of seeing and solving problems that soc ial innovations can eventually embody the emerging paradigm\, provi ding it with experiences that reflect new societal concepts. The spinoffs from social innovations vary depending on the specific institutional frame works prevailing in the different sectors and territories\, and on the per iod concerned. All of these aspects are likely to be of interest to resear ch and to drive the development of knowledge about social innovation and i ts place in the process of social transformation.
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