Message posted on 13/12/2019
Call for papers: Reimagining social innovation through decolonisation
Dear all <br> <br>Please see below information on a stream *'Reimagining social innovation <br>through decolonisation'* at the 12th International Social Innovation <br>Research Conference 2020, Sheffield University Management School, UK, 1st – <br>3rd September 2020 - Theme: ‘Social innovation and enterprise for more <br>prosperous, fair and sustainable societies’. <br> <br>Conference website: https://isircconference2020.com/ <br> <br> <br>Stream chairs: Stephen Allen (University of Sheffield), Emanuela Girei <br>(University of Sheffield) and Andrea Jimenez (University of Sheffield) <br> <br>Contact emails:stephen.allen@sheffield.ac.uk, e.girei@sheffield.ac.uk, <br>a.jimenez@sheffield.ac.uk. <br> <br>Stream description and submission information: <br>https://isircconference2020.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ISIRC-2020-30-Oct- <br>Reimagining_social_innovation_through_decolonisation.pdf <br> <br> <br>*Stream overview:* <br> <br>Social innovation (SI) has become increasingly popular within academic and <br>policy making circles as a way to tackle grand societal challenges, <br>including poverty, inequality and climate change. However, what is not <br>always apparent and considered is that this growing popularity is <br>underpinned by heterogeneous and often competing understandings of what SI <br>is and ought to be. Significantly it has been noted that the dominant <br>framing of SI which guides policy making of multilateral organisations, <br>such as the EU and the World Bank, is profoundly shaped by neo-liberal <br>assumptions and values, which put market-economic priorities at the core of <br>SI agendas (see for instance Fougère, Segercrantz, & Seeck, 2017). This <br>means that social business, economic efficiency and managerialist <br>blueprints are often prioritised to position SI firmly within narratives of <br>‘caring neoliberalism’. Discourses on SI in the Global South reflect <br>these <br>dominant framings by centring around strategies for transforming vulnerable <br>and marginalised citizens into active and productive economic subjects. In <br>this sense, rather than being emancipatory, SI can reinforce and reproduce <br>neo-colonial relations, dynamics and practices. <br> <br>With this stream, we aim to draw upon the decolonial turn in social <br>sciences. The decolonial turn is variously informed by areas of research <br>including post-colonial theory, critical development studies and critical <br>management studies. Our intention is to liberate SI from modernist, <br>universalist and colonial traps so that possibilities can be imagined to <br>inform alternative understandings and practices of SI. As Maia (2018) <br>suggests, if colonial innovation concentrates on competition, survival of <br>the fittest and economic success, decolonial innovation might focus on <br>collaboration, partnership, bottom-up forms of organising and, more <br>generally, on approaches that draw and elaborate on indigenous and <br>marginalised ways of knowing. <br> <br>*Stream design:* <br> <br>The stream will be designed as a learning process that maximizes <br>participation and facilitates inquiry and dialogue into these and other <br>topics. Therefore, there will be an emphasis on discussing papers in small <br>groups rather than on traditional, frontal presentations. The stream may <br>also venture outside the conference room and engage with people and <br>organisations external to the conference as part of the learning process, <br>as well as use technologies to enable people who are not physically <br>attending to participate in some sessions remotely. We have chosen to <br>approach the stream in this way because we want to be innovative in how we <br>come together and learn at conferences, and also create space for a <br>multiplicity of ways of knowing to be reflective of aspects of decolonising <br>debates. <br> <br>Abstract and panel proposals submission closes: 28th February 2020 <br> <br>-- <br> <br>-- <br> <br>Dr Mario Pansera <br> <br>University of Bristol <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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