In this chapter, the authors elaborate on serious games and playful interactionsin modern scientific practices, and on the way they can engendermutual scientific growth. They use a research-through-design approach, inwhich three possible scenarios and prototypes are studied to envisage thenew role of the public library in practicing science in a changing society.Their conclusion is that the public library of the future should employcitizen science projects that are fun, accessible, malleable, and participatory,so that its new role can focus on offering meaningful informationat the right time in the right place, contextualizing information usingplayful solutions, bringing together communities to share information,and enabling new scientific practices in unexplored fields.
Inter-organizational arrangements that aim to address social and environmental “grand challenges” often take the form of multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) (also cross-sector partnerships or collaborations). Grand challenges -- problems characterized by knowledge uncertainty, dynamic complexity and value conflict -- require diverse organizations to join forces to resolve them. MSIs are complex and dynamic arrangements due to the constant change occurring in the external environment and in the dynamics of the collaboration, as each participating organization may have very different frames of reference and interests that impede action and continuity. Scholars have long recognized the tensions of conflicting logics that are inherent in MSIs and the challenges that MSIs face in reconciling incongruent organizational identities, goals or shared visions. Accordingly, MSIs need facilitators (i.e., ‘orchestrators’) to navigate the persistent and pervasive challenges of both reconciling conflicting logics and using complementary logics in such a way that the collaboration achieves collective goals. Our study examines how MSI orchestrators work to meet this challenge by shaping and shifting cognitive frames in the context of a mature organizational field. We investigate the mechanisms used to enable cognitive shifts in logic and highlight the role of orchestration in enacting frame shifts. Empirically, we examine an MSI in the apparel industry that aims to guide retailers and fashion brands in the implementation of recommerce and rental business models, thereby pushing the textile and apparel industry from linear to regenerative and circular use of textile resources. We identify several frames from the perspective of diverse stakeholders and uncover the four mechanisms that orchestrators use to influence frame shifts. We also see from our findings that orchestrators efforts to influence and navigate frame shifting is both emergent and planned as they attempt to navigate and manage the tensions and complexity that arise in multi-stakeholder initiatives focused on sustainability challenges.
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Philanthropy is on the rise in the Dutch visual arts. Fat cash prizes, big-name exhibitions, large-scale renovations, spectacular public artworks, and big scandals are changing the public display of art and undermining the democratic governance of art institutions. While some have critiqued the patron's rise to power, the majority of the art world remains silent, muted by a combination of ignorance and self-censorship. How can we overcome this deadlock and start cultivating a healthy public debate?
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Civic crowdfunding is een nieuw en snel groeiend instrument om buurtinitiatieven te financieren. Er bestaan echter nog veel vragen bij gebiedsprofessionals op het gebied van civic crowdfunding. Om maatschappelijke projecten te laten bloeien, moeten ze snel kunnen beoordelen of een project suc-cesvol kan worden en of de gemeente een rol kan nemen. Deze kennis ontbreekt nu. Er is te weinig bekend over welke crowdfunding initiatieven succesvol zijn en hoe gebiedsprofessionals een ge-meentelijke organisatie zo benaderen, dat ze snel en effectief voor bewoners kunnen optreden. Het onderzoek richt zich op nieuwe functies voor professionals binnen gemeenten, zoals gebieds-managers, gebiedsmakelaars en participatiemedewerkers. Zij zoeken in samenwerking met bewo-ners, (sociaal) ondernemers en maatschappelijke organisaties naar mogelijkheden om bewonersini-tiatieven te laten bloeien. Het onderzoek richt zich specifiek op de vraag hoe gebiedsprofessionals hun gemeentelijke organi-satie kunnen inrichten op deze vorm van burgerparticipatie en hoe zij kennis en menskracht kunnen mobiliseren in gebieden (civic crowdsourcing). Door het programma ontstaat een kennisnetwerk tussen Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Hogeschool Rotterdam, de VNG Academie, professionals bij ruim 14 gemeenten en de twee belangrijkste civic crowdfunding platforms in Nederland
