COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Innovation | IND 382 | Fall-Spring | 03+00+00 | Elective | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Industrial Design |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | No |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | • To enable the student to have a basic idea about social innovation • To understand the expanded context of design and the designer’s responsibility in modern society • Understanding and discussing how design works in social, ecological, and ethical contexts • Bringing the critical and conciliatory identities of designers to the fore in the context of social impact while carrying out their professional practices • To expand the perspective of the student and contribute their way of thinking about understanding design in a broader sense • To combine theoretical knowledge about social impact design and application projects focused on social contribution |
| Course Contents: | It focuses on and discusses how design can criticize, contribute, change and reflect socio-cultural contemporary life. In the light of ecological, cultural, social, and ethical concerns, the sensitivities developed by design practice against the workings of daily life and global relations are examined through research, readings, presentations, and project critics. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | Lectures by instructor, including social innovation examples around the world; creating discussion environment through the class, having visitors to enlarge critical view and applications in Turkiye, Presentations by students and criticizing over the outputs, Article reading and analyzing |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course, Critics over the selected video: Design for Impact Critics over: ind.design and post ind design comparison keyword list (sheet copy for each student) | HW: Reading-analysing article |
| 2 | The expanding scope of design: Changes through design, Design as a collaborative action, Participatory design Social impact design, T shaped designer, Designers as activists, Design and sustainability Design and social impact Discussing-analysing article | HW: Reading-analysing article |
| 3 | The historical perspective of the social design, through leading design theorists, with an emphasize on statements, researches at the forefront Discussing-analysing article Different faces of social design | Moodboard HW |
| 4 | Definition and context of social innovation and historical perspective Roots of SI, Why ‘Social innovation’ matters? Risks associated with the concept and what social innovation is not” Interaction between design and social innovation | HW: Reading-analysing article |
| 5 | Discussing-analysing article: A social model of design-issues of practice and research | HW: Reading-analysing article |
| 6 | Discussing-analysing article: Participatory design as an approach to social innovation | HW: Reading-analysing article |
| 7 | Social entrepreneurship, working paper, how Social innovation can be accelerated | HW: Reading-analysing article |
| 8 | Social innovation from European Union perspective, discussing over examples | |
| 9 | The social demand perspective, The societal challenge perspective, The systemic changes perspective CSR (corporate social responsibility) or social business? Social innovation through social business: Muhammed Yunus and his microcredit concept over Grameen Bank | Article reading-highlighting-note taking: “Social Business Entrepreneurs Are the Solution, Muhammad Yunus,2006” |
| 10 | Organisation Research assignment: “Rabobank”, Sustainability focused financing | |
| 11 | Final project brief launch | Project development-research step |
| 12 | Project development-critics | Project development-ideation step |
| 13 | Project development-critics | Project development-ideation step |
| 14 | Project development-critics | Project development-presentation step |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| • Design, when everybody designs : an introduction to design for social innovation / Ezio Manzini ; translated by Rachel Coad., 2015 • Design for Social Innovation : Case Studies from Around the World; Mariana Amatullo, Bryan Boyer, Jennifer May, and Andrew Shea, 2021 • Melles, G. B. (2022). Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods. In Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods (pp. 1-11). Springer, Singapore. |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
| • Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods. In Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods (pp. 1-11). Springer, Singapore. Melles, G. B. (2022). • Design for the real world : human ecology and social change/ Victor J. Papanek ; Victor Papanek, 1985. • Ruined by design : how designers destroyed the world, and what we can do to fix it/ Mike Monteiro, 2019 • Agents of change: Strategy and tactics for social innovation. Brookings Institution Press. Cels, S., De Jong, J., & Nauta, F. (2012). • Designing with society: a capabilities approach to design, systems thinking and social innovation. Routledge. Boylston, S. (2019). • Innovation design: Creating value for people, organizations and society (p. 196). London: Springer. Den Ouden, E. (2012). • Just design: Socially conscious design for critical causes. Simon and Schuster. Simmons, C. (2011). • Design Ethics beyond Duty and Virtue; d'Anjou, Philippe Cambridge Scholars Publisher 2017 • Ethical Design Intelligence : The Virtuous Designer; Philippe d'Anjou • Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Designby Roger Coleman, John Clarkson, Hua Dong, and Julia Cassim (eds), 2010 |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Homework Assignments | 8 | 40 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Total: | 10 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Homework Assigments | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.) | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Presentation | 1 | 45 | 45 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 |
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High