Participative social impact assessment and management cross-cultural application

The participative approach to social impact assessment and management recognizes that the input from the local community and their participation in a project assessment are essential for the success of a project. Using the example of a mining development, the process of involving the local people is illustrated. The work to date augurs well for its usefulness in the mine development process.     

Technological or social? Influencing factors and mechanisms of the psychological digital divide in rural Chinese elderly

The psychological digital divide (PDD) significantly impacts participation and may hinder the development of smart rural communities. This study aimed to address the issue by conducting a questionnaire survey of 394 elderly individuals from rural China, revealing the essential characteristics and core mechanisms of PDD based on the relative deprivation theory (RDT). The study also focused on a moderation test of cognitive age to validate its critical role in the formation of PDD among rural elderly individuals. The final results confirmed the stability of the PDD induction model and highlighted that the information systems (IS) continuance intention of the elderly can be affected by both technological and social environments, through relative digital deprivation. Specifically, social exclusion and technology anxiety were identified as key drivers of PDD, with technology anxiety having a stronger impact. Furthermore, the cognitive age of elderly individuals intensifies the negative influence of relative digital deprivation on IS continuance intention, while also strengthening the relationship between social exclusion and relative digital deprivation. These findings not only shed light on the nature of PDD but also provide a theoretical framework for understanding the transition from social to digital exclusion.     

基于乡村社区资源的设计创新模式

目的探索基于乡村社区资源的设计创新类型,为设计师参与当代乡村重塑提供方法论指导。方法基于笔者参与的国内外乡村社区营造项目案例以及其他相关知名案例,从资源的利用方式、设计目的和方法与乡村社区的关系两个角度,对设计案例进行分析。结论基于乡村社区资源的设计创新,按照资源利用方式可以分为优势资源继承型、劣势资源转化型、外部资源导入型;按照与乡村社区的关系可以分为为社区设计、"与"/"由"社区设计、社区激发的概念设计。面向农村社区的设计创新体现了"设计3.0"时代的创新特点,即注重学科融合与协同创新的"大设计"整体设计观,立足本地社区资源的同时保持开放式创新的设计方法论,发挥设计社会价值,致力于改善弱势社区生活福祉的设计情怀。     

Socio-economic and political barriers to public participation in EIA: implications for sustainable development in the Maldives

Abstract

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a policy process that can lead to more sustainable development by preventing or mitigating the negative impacts of development projects. Public participation in the EIA process, especially one based on the ideals of deliberative democracy, is essential to deliver on the goal of sustainable development that is arguably the primary objective of EIA. This article specifically focuses on a study of public participation in the EIA process of the Maldives. Using a qualitative research design involving an analysis of documents and interviews, it investigates four aspects of a deliberative participatory process: fairness, competence, willingness and capacity. The analysis suggests that the process for public participation in the Maldives cannot be characterized as fully fair or competent. It further identifies several socio-economic barriers that affect the capacity and willingness of the actors to participate including political influence, lack of human and financial capacity, gender gap, loss of community spirit and lack of environmental and procedural awareness.     

Achieving meaningful public participation in the environmental assessment of hydro development: case studies from Chamoli District,Uttarakhand, India

Uttarakhand, India has great potential for hydro development because of its mountainous environment and fast flowing rivers. While growth in the hydro sector could facilitate industrial development and improve social well-being in the state, it could also have severe negative impacts on social-ecological systems. Using a qualitative methodology involving a review of documents, field observations, and over 100 interviews with government, industry officials and community members, the research investigated two large hydro projects in the Chamoli District. The results show that public participation in project planning and implementation did not exemplify characteristics of meaningful involvement. The participation processes would have been improved with greater opportunities for advanced, decentralised, and more active local involvement. The conclusion is that the central and state governments should play a more assertive role in regulating large-scale hydro development in Uttarakhand, to facilitate meaningful public participation and to protect local environmental, economic and social interests.     

基于社会参与的互助式养老服务创新设计

在积极老龄化的视角下，结合老年人群体特殊的生理与心理需求、行为习惯和生活方式，从社区参与的角度探讨社区居家养老在基础设施建设和服务提供等方面的挑战和机遇。聚焦于老年人的余热价值与社会参与，构建社区服务平台，以“互助共建”为原则，关注物理空间与社会环境相结合，对老年人的身心健康、社会价值实现与社会融合支持的转变。在此基础上，提出服务设计的对应策略，从而为新的时代背景下社会参与和互助养老提供新的诠释语境和手段指导。老年人通过互助平台自发组织活动，与社区全年龄段居民互动，并对活动工具包、社区宣传栏等触点进行设计，打破隔阂的方式赋能生活，满足老年人多样化需求，动员和鼓励社会力量的广泛参与，致力于拓展和深化以精神富足为目标的养老服务，为相关领域的理论研究和实践提供支持。     

Mind the gap: The AURORAL ecosystem for the digital transformation of smart communities and rural areas

Rural areas play a crucial role in addressing challenges related to climate change, food provision, biomass, and energy. At the same time, digital solutions have proven essential in improving safety, quality of life, and resilience in daily life. However, the lower population density and the lack of digital infrastructure in such rural areas make it difficult to develop technology-driven private businesses and public services. This can negatively impact socio-economic indicators and hinder the development of new services to cover peoples’ needs. For this reason, in this document, we seek to provide a stronger focus on rural regions in digitalization efforts and create new opportunities for rural communities. For that, we analyze the barriers and needs of the rural environment and present AURORAL, a digital service platform designed to meet the needs and contexts of rural areas. This ecosystem, comprising sustainable and multi-interoperable apps and services, can help communities succeed in innovation and smart transformation, providing the necessary infrastructure to facilitate long-lasting social, environmental, and economic benefits by prioritizing openness, interoperability, and decentralization. On the principle that the full potential of these technologies can only be realized when they are integrated into societal and economic activity and organization, AURORAL aims to promote economic growth and digitalization in the rural domain and contribute to bridging the digital divide between rural and urban areas.     

社会转型过程中的文化视域与设计生态

目的 面向中国社会转型时期的客观现实和复杂问题,辩证分析乡村振兴与城市集群发展过程中不同的设计需求,思考文化视域下设计参与的不同方法。方法 以“乡村—服务—产品—城市”作为新的研究框架,系统地梳理社会转型、社会创新与设计文化研究的相关文献,并按照“乡村社区—城市社区—虚拟社区”的研究路径,探索新的文化视域下设计文化与生态的特点。结论 相对于欧美国家较为成熟的社会结构与发展模式,中国在社会需求与社会形态等方面,具有复杂性与特殊性,需要从新的角度来研究文化与设计的关系,探索多元动态的文化设计生态,促进城乡关系的和谐可持续发展。     

Sustainability of smart rural mobility and tourism: A key performance indicators-based approach

The concept of smart mobility and tourism has evolved from a technology-driven approach to one that focuses on sustainable solutions to address economic, social, and environmental issues. The United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) provide a framework for measuring and tracking progress toward sustainability goals. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a useful tool for measuring and tracking progress towards these goals, allowing for continuous monitoring and evaluation of progress, identification of areas for improvement, and directing targeted interventions. This research aims to develop an indicators-based framework to evaluate the sustainability of smart and sustainable mobility and tourism in rural areas. Rural areas have often been neglected, or at least less prioritized, in the sustainability development of the mobility sector. The study also seeks to identify the overlap of KPIs between rural tourism and mobility, and how improved green mobility services can enhance sustainable rural tourism. Smart mobility and tourism indicators have a strong mutual relationship in rural communities, driving economic development, improving the quality of life for residents and visitors, and creating more sustainable and livable communities. Smart mobility and tourism indicators also play a crucial role in supporting the UN SDGs by providing data and insights that can inform policy and decision-making. The results of this research conclude how the target and performance setting of projects on sustainable mobility and tourism in rural communities support each other, and how they support achieving SDGs.     

新文科与乡村振兴背景下农林院校数字媒体艺术专业教学探索

目的 随着新文科建设和乡村振兴背景下人才培养模式的转型,高等教育已经开始面临新的挑战和机遇。数字媒体艺术作为农林院校的新兴专业,其教学内容和方法也应随之更新和优化。方法 以“乡村生活与新空间”工作坊为例,探讨新文科背景下数字媒体艺术专业的教学探索。通过对工作坊实施过程和效果的研究分析,探讨了数字媒体艺术专业在服务乡村振兴和文化传承方面的作用,以及如何通过工作坊等实践教学形式培养学生的创新精神和实践能力。结论 本文的探讨和研究,可为农林院校数字媒体艺术专业的教学改革和学生的职业发展提供一些有益的启示。     

提升关系社群体验感的葫芦庐小镇优化策略

目的以艺术设计学的视角,针对现有乡村旅游地因忽视用户体验,出现建设同质化严重、标准低端、用户满意度低等问题,探寻结合地域文化特色使用户感知度提升以促进当地经济发展的策略。方法尝试依据美国营销学者Schmitt提出的消费者五种体验维度,运用服务设计的研究思维,通过实地调研和文献研究的方法,以天津宝坻区大钟庄镇牛庄子村葫芦庐小镇为例,从收集、分析用户体验诉求开始,着眼于线上、线下两条运营脉络的体验触点,找寻潜在的服务缺口,后跨越营销学、旅游管理学等多学科的知识交叉领域挖掘可进行的设计机会点。提出品牌形象重塑、信息交互构建、个性创作协助、服务精准多元、文化联合共创五个针灸式策略点。结论按照社群用户情绪感知需求提供精准服务和深度挖掘文化关联体验项目是提升乡村旅游地发展的内在动力。设计能够以创意营造的方式介入乡村旅游产业化升级,并在其中充当粘合剂发挥协同创新的作用。     

立足本地社区的开放式乡村振兴设计

目的面对当代中国社会大转型期的农村问题,探索设计在促进乡村振兴中的社会价值,以及乡村振兴设计的原则与方法。方法从基于乡村手工艺的文创产品设计、乡村土特产品牌设计、乡村生态旅游品牌设计3个方面,分析笔者参与的实证案例"新通道"设计与社会创新项目。结论在乡村振兴过程中,设计可以起到核心驱动作用;设计师必须立足于本地社区资源与文化,同时保持开放式协同创新思维,整合各方力量与资源,实现乡村的文化保存与产业振兴。     

乡村振兴背景下传统村落人居环境转型策略研究——以广昌县驿前镇姚西村为例

在乡村振兴背景下,我国传统村落面临着一系列人居环境危机,对传统村落人居环境改善与发展越发紧迫与重要。以江西省抚州市广昌县驿前镇姚西村为例,针对我国当前传统村落在人居环境改善发展方面简单粗暴式、片面式和不顾及当地实际情况等问题,通过对姚西村进行田野考察、实地调研等方式,深入挖掘姚西村人居环境现状,以村情为依据,提出修复绿地生态环境系统、健全社会环境系统、优化三生空间环境系统,发挥主体责任,完善乡村治理模式四项转型策略,为我国传统村落人居环境发展提供借鉴意义。     

Democratizing the scientific space: The constellation of new epistemic strategies around the emerging metaphor of socially embedded autonomy

The question of the democratization of the scientific space is a complex topic which goes beyond instrumental, normative and substantive arguments justifying civic participation, to include feminist, epistemological and sociological critical theory on the construction of knowledge, ignorance and agency. An exploration across different disciplines and contexts suggests that these different fields share a culture which increasingly employs the metaphor of socially embedded autonomy. Democratization emerges as multi-directional and multi-functional, whether in the reflection by the scientific community on the social conventions of the scientific space to strengthen their objective autonomy and withstand the manufacture of ignorance around invested interests; or in research design where interdisciplinary approaches around transdisciplinary themes such as gender and climate change incorporate citizen participation in the research process, benefitting from local knowledge about particular contexts.     

论扶贫视角下农村旅游文创产品的设计研究

目的 以往乡村扶贫主要是通过政策和产业的导入进行实施,而设计扶贫也是其中比较新颖的策略。运用产品设计的方法为乡村开发适销对路的旅游文化创意产品,以增加乡村地区的经济收入,为农村脱贫提供帮助。方法 开发农村旅游文创产品应根据地方特色,采用相应的设计策略,主要应从以下四个方面入手。一是对当地的传统手工艺进行创新,使其适应当前市场需求;二是充分挖掘地方的各种文化资料,并将其融入相关的文创产品中;三是对当地的民俗进行重构,选择其中有益的元素进行开发设计;四是把农村的景观名胜进行图形化,使之成为文创产品的设计资源。结论 将农村地区丰富的文化资料作为文创产品的重要灵感之源,通过设计使之转变为深受市场欢迎的旅游文化商品,并真正实现设计扶贫前景。     

互动仪式链传播场景中的乡村新闻游戏交互设计研究

数字文化赋能乡村振兴。在互动仪式链传播场景视域下,应用新闻游戏进行数字文化产品设计实践,以新叙事方式讲好乡村故事,创新地域文化传播形式,打造乡村IP沉浸式体验,提升信息传播“最后一公里”的影响力,促进乡村经济社会发展,赋予乡村文化新的时代内涵。方法 使用HTML5技术作为信息传播新介质,进行新闻游戏《湘西故事》交互设计,以H5网页形式多终端、多平台实现链式、网状参与互动体验传播。结论 实现面向乡村传播的新闻游戏《湘西故事》交互设计,通过“讲故事”的策略重构新闻内容生产方式,改变单向度、缺乏互动反馈的传统新闻分发模式,以“去中心化”打破文化传播隔阂,搭建全社会广泛参与的助农媒介平台,构建新型乡村传播互动仪式链。     

庙圷社区厨房中的行动研究和参与式设计

目的根据2015年在中国农村完成的合作研究,对参与式设计过程进行了重要评估。除了设计和社会成果外,研究还针对参与式设计中关键的、概念的和实践的框架,就其产生影响的有效性提出了问题。方法研究涉及了两个互补的学科,即应用社会科学与设计,及其相应的研究方法,即行动研究与参与式设计。这种合作结合了社会性和物质性,并在社区厨房中进行了实践,促使村民发展了新型社会企业和集体组织。结论在复杂的社会过程中重新定位参与式设计,可以帮助将设计重新定义为"社会物质的聚合",并将其与社会情境集成,成为一个复杂的自适应系统,透过知识生成和转化过程(对话,解译,商讨)来显现。此外,这有助于将参与式设计重新定位为针对农村可持续发展的有效工具,进而增进对资源、能力作为本地知识的形式来理解。     

“创益援”公益社艺术赋能乡村振兴的策略与实践

目的 在乡村振兴战略背景下,对洛阳县区乡村的现况及存在问题进行梳理,采用艺术赋能的方式对美丽乡村建设的策略和实践进行探索。方法 组织师生成立“创益援”公益社,采用课程导入的方式和乡镇、企业进行项目对接,结合乡村文化资源与产业,针对乡村发展中所存在的问题,从规划赋能、设计赋能、文化赋能方面提出改进策略。结果 依托村落改造规划设计课程及“中原乡村振兴研究院”,完成了多个乡村规划、视觉形象设计、乡村农产品的包装和品牌设计项目,以助力乡村发展。公益社学生在项目实践中得到了锻炼,参加第八届中国国际“互联网+”大学生创新创业大赛并获得全国铜奖。结论 艺术赋能是乡村建设中创造性保护和创新性发展的有效路径之一。积极参与乡村规划、视觉形象设计以打造村落的品牌形象,通过产品、包装和品牌设计赋能乡村的品质产业,从而挖掘乡村蕴含的发展潜力,推动美丽乡村建设新格局的形成。     

构建面向社区居民的药品信息服务设计

目的 为更好地满足社区居民获取药品信息需求,构建以人民健康为中心、以解决社区患者医卫的基本需求为服务重点的居民药品信息服务设计框架,提升就医前后的服务质量。方法 通过文献调研药品认知现况,运用行为观察法、用户访谈法等,分析国内现有药品信息服务中的痛点,结合服务设计理念、策略、方法,定义关键触点,将其融入居民的药品信息传递中,针对性地探索药品信息平台的服务设计框架。结果 提出了以社区居民为中心的利于平台建设协同化、信息服务系统化、关键触点显性化、信息传递可视化的闭环反馈方案,完成了相关服务系统及其蓝图,为解决居民获取药品信息低效、不易甄别,缺少良好反馈机制等问题,迈出了重要的一步。结论 完成了药品信息平台的服务设计框架及蓝图构建,为消除服务资源及过程壁垒,优化药品信息服务,提升用户体验、驱动社区医疗创新发挥了积极作用;同时为设计师借助智能化服务平台,形成社交化信息圈层,强化智能管理,推动服务设计思维的更加人性化、系统化提供了新思路与新方式。     

乡村振兴战略下精品乡村民宿发展路径

解析实施乡村振兴战略对精品乡村民宿发展的影响,探析精品乡村民宿的发展前景及趋势,使精品乡村民宿的发展路径更清晰,进而能更精准地指导、促进民宿产业的发展,提升精品乡村民宿的居住体验。从精品乡村民宿的概念、发展历程出发,通过个案研究法和功能分析法,分析出精品乡村民宿发展中的不足,总结其发展路径。乡村民宿是乡村振兴战略下乡村旅游的重要载体,是推动实施乡村振兴战略的重要突破口,也是乡村的新兴支柱产业之一。一方面,能促进乡村战略的实施,助力乡村经济发展;另一方面,研究精品乡村民宿的发展路径有利于推动民宿产业向精细化、高端化转变,提升民宿的品质和体验感,促进产业升级,加快经济发展。