Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades.
Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades.
Adrian Smith is Professor of Technology and Society at the Science Policy Research Unit, and a researcher with the STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability), University of Sussex, UK. Mariano Fressoli is assistant researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, Argentina) and researcher at CENIT (Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación) and STEPS Latin America. Dinesh Abrol is Professor at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi India, and a Visiting Faculty with the Transdisciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawarhalal Nehru University. He was previously a Chief Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, India. Elisa Arond is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, USA, and is also affiliated with the STEPS Centre, University of Sussex, UK. Adrian Ely is Senior Lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit and Deputy Director of the STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability), University of Sussex, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1: Overview 1. Introduction 2. A Conceptual Framework for Studying GIMs Part 2: The Cases 3. Movement for Socially Useful Production 4. Appropriate Technology Movement 5. Peoples' Science Movements 6. Makerspaces, Hackerspaces and Fablabs 7. Social Technologies Network 8. Honey Bee Network Part 3: Lessons 9. Grassroots Innovation Movements: Lessons for Theory and Practice 10. Conclusions: Constructing Pathways for Sustainability with the Grassroots
Part 1: Overview 1. Introduction 2. A Conceptual Framework for Studying GIMs Part 2: The Cases 3. Movement for Socially Useful Production 4. Appropriate Technology Movement 5. Peoples' Science Movements 6. Makerspaces, Hackerspaces and Fablabs 7. Social Technologies Network 8. Honey Bee Network Part 3: Lessons 9. Grassroots Innovation Movements: Lessons for Theory and Practice 10. Conclusions: Constructing Pathways for Sustainability with the Grassroots
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