Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific

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

• 1. Introduction: Inter-related worldviews of designing social innovation Section 1 2. Teu le vā: “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: Whānau-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