European Report on Strategy for Change. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Glasgow Caledonian University 2019

Design research and innovation framework for transformative practices

Caroline Hummels
Ambra Trotto
Jeroen Peeters
Pierre Levy
Jorge Alves Lino
Sietske Klooster

In this chapter, the concept of Transformative Practices is introduced, i.e. shared relative steady ways of living and working with others (Wittgenstein, 1993), including specific configurations of actions, norms and knowledge (Freeman et al., 2011) and related tools and environments, focused at addressing our societal challenges, by transforming (elevating) our personal and social ethics and related behaviour through designing new ways of interaction with each other and the world. Through design research and innovation within these practices, we work together towards social-culturally, environmentally and economically sustainable communities.

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