Collaborative processes in the construction of spatial knowledge applied to the social economy. The case of the economy "crútil" Blanca MIEDES UGARTE; Manuela A. FERNÁNDEZ-BORRERO; Antonio MORENO MORENO; Celia SÁNCHEZ LÓPEZ

1. INTI
Conference
Huelva 2013
21st-22nd
November
Social
Innovation and
new ways of
governance for
the socioecological
transition
Collaborative process for the
construction of territorial knowledge
The “economía crútil” case.
Blanca Miedes
Manuela Fernández
Celia Sánchez
Antonio Moreno
C3IT-UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA

2. Summary
• An example of smart collaboration applied to
social market development.
• The idea of “Economía Crútil”
• The collaborative tool.
• The results.

3. TI:
“Smart cities  Territorial
Intelligence”
Who has to be intelligent?
The city or the people?
“Smart”: Too focused on the "efficiency"
(energy, mobility…) and on specific
devices…
It is assumed that the feedback of "big
data" will guide us in an unconscious
decision-making process.
But is it not precisely an
awareness/shared responsibility what
we need?
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4. “Smart cities  Territorial
Intelligence”
Recover the
meaning of link
and working
together:
• Spaces for
interaction.
• Tools.
• Training.
TI:
Fuente: http://www.qtorb.com
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5. A tool for Social Market
development
HOW TO
IDENTIFY THE
AGENTS OF
CHANGE?
COOPERATIVE
PRODUCTION OF
COMODITIES AND
SERVICES
FAIR
COMERCE
ETICAL
FINANCEMENT
HOW TO CONECT THEM
RESPONSIBLE
CONSUME
HOW TO MAKE THEM TO BE
KNOWN BY A LARGE PUBLIC?
28/11/2013 Jordi García: Fotografía tomada en el seminario de Bienes Comunes, FUHEM-Ecosocial,
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6. Economy
Creative (creativa) and
úseful (útil)
FAIR, respectful TO PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Developed by a group of students from the course of Expert of
Solidarity Economy and social entrepreneurship of the UHU in
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7. Economía Crútil
The initial Repertory has been
implemented in an interactive
cartographic tool called Ushahidi
(http://www.ushahidi.com/)
that allows you to register a database of
actors/actions, and at the same time
to create a temporary file and
geospatial records.
Data can be updated by any registered
user from Smartphones.
An inter-agency committee
validates the results based on
criteria
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9. Usahidi
Ushahidi, Inc. is a non-profit software company that develops free and open source
software (LGPL) for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.
Ushahidi (Swahili for "testimony" or "witness") created a website
(http://legacy.ushahidi.com) in the aftermath of Kenya's disputed 2007
presidential election (see 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis) that collected eyewitness
reports of violence sent in by email and text-message and placed them on a
Google Maps map.[2]
The organization uses the concept of crowdsourcing for social activism and public
accountability, serving as an initial model for what has been coined as 'activist
mapping' - the combination of social activism, citizen journalism and geospatial
information.
Ushahidi offers products that enable local observers to submit reports using their
mobile phones or the internet, while simultaneously creating a temporal and
geospatial archive of events.
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14. RESULTS:
Good for action
People combines its interaction in
social networks, with their
physical interaction.
Their involvement generates
changes in attitude and also of
behaviours:
- Individual level
- Collective level:
encouragement of
cooperation.
- Crowfunding
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15. RESULTS:
Good for KNOWLEDGE
Better information for analysing!
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16. INTI
Conference
Huelva 2013
21st-22nd
November
Social
Innovation and
new ways of
governance for
the socioecological
transition
Collaborative process for the
construction of territorial knowledge
The “economía crútil” case.
Thanks!!!
Blanca Miedes
Manuela Fernández
Celia Sánchez
Antonio Moreno
C3IT-UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA