Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation

Viola Petrella; Joyce Sheau Roei Yee

doi:10.3384/ecp203055

Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation

Viola Petrella, Joyce Sheau Roei Yee

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Abstract

While designing social innovation (DSI) is increasingly considering the role and value of relationships, little attention is placed on the complexity of relationality and the specific, situated dynamics of dealing with relational entanglements. In particular, as design’s ontological background comes into question, the designers’ identity and the processes of collective and personal transformation that characterise DSI need further consideration. This paper reports the outcomes of an exploratory qualitative study aiming at examining relational approaches to DSI pertaining to the construction of a collective sense of self. It provides insights into how practitioners interact and how they construct and nurture shared relational identities, concluding with suggestions for future DSI work based on these perspectives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ServDes.2023
Subtitle of host publication	Entanglements & Flows Conference: Service Encounters and Meanings Proceedings
Editors	Carla Cipolla, Claudia Mont’Alvão, Larissa Farias, Manuela Quaresma
Place of Publication	Linkoping, Sweden
Publisher	Linkoping University Electronic Press
Pages	1092-1116
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	9789180754767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp203055
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2023
Event	ServDes2023: Entanglements and Flows: Service Encounters and Meanings - Rio De Janeriro, Brazil Duration: 11 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023 https://servdes2023.org/

Publication series

Name	Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Linkoping University Electronic Press
Number	203
ISSN (Print)	1650-3686
ISSN (Electronic)	1650-3740

Conference

Conference	ServDes2023
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Rio De Janeriro
Period	11/07/23 → 14/07/23
Internet address	https://servdes2023.org/

Keywords

service design
social innovation
design
relationships

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Mutuality and reciprocity: foregrounding relationships in Design and Social Innovation
Petrella, V., Yee, J. & Clarke, R. E., 20 Sept 2020, Proceedings of DRS2020 International Conference, Vol. 2: Impacts. Boess, S., Cheung, M. & Cain, R. (eds.). Impacts ed. London: Loughborough University, Vol. 2. p. 23-38 16 p. (Proceedings of DRS; vol. 2).
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Design for Social Innovation Research Network: Bridging the UK and Asia-Pacific Practices
Yee, J. S. R. (PI)
Arts & Humanities Research Council
1/04/16 → 31/03/17
Project: Research

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Petrella, V., & Yee, J. S. R. (2023). Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation. In C. Cipolla, C. Mont’Alvão, L. Farias, & M. Quaresma (Eds.), ServDes.2023: Entanglements & Flows Conference: Service Encounters and Meanings Proceedings (pp. 1092-1116). (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; No. 203). Linkoping University Electronic Press. https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp203055

Petrella, Viola ; Yee, Joyce Sheau Roei. / Building a shared relational identity : shifting notions of self in designing social innovation. ServDes.2023: Entanglements & Flows Conference: Service Encounters and Meanings Proceedings. editor / Carla Cipolla ; Claudia Mont’Alvão ; Larissa Farias ; Manuela Quaresma. Linkoping, Sweden : Linkoping University Electronic Press, 2023. pp. 1092-1116 (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; 203).

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Petrella, V & Yee, JSR 2023, Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation. in C Cipolla, C Mont’Alvão, L Farias & M Quaresma (eds), ServDes.2023: Entanglements & Flows Conference: Service Encounters and Meanings Proceedings. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, no. 203, Linkoping University Electronic Press, Linkoping, Sweden, pp. 1092-1116, ServDes2023, Rio De Janeriro, Brazil, 11/07/23. https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp203055

Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation. / Petrella, Viola; Yee, Joyce Sheau Roei.
ServDes.2023: Entanglements & Flows Conference: Service Encounters and Meanings Proceedings. ed. / Carla Cipolla; Claudia Mont’Alvão; Larissa Farias; Manuela Quaresma. Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University Electronic Press, 2023. p. 1092-1116 (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; No. 203).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Petrella V, Yee JSR. Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation. In Cipolla C, Mont’Alvão C, Farias L, Quaresma M, editors, ServDes.2023: Entanglements & Flows Conference: Service Encounters and Meanings Proceedings. Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University Electronic Press. 2023. p. 1092-1116. (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; 203). doi: 10.3384/ecp203055

Building a shared relational identity: shifting notions of self in designing social innovation

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Mutuality and reciprocity: foregrounding relationships in Design and Social Innovation

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Design for Social Innovation Research Network: Bridging the UK and Asia-Pacific Practices

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