ECOSYSTEM OF EQUALITY Tommi Laitio Researcher, Demos Helsinki 25 May 2011 tommi.laitio@demos.fi
May 15, 2015
MINORITY
Community
Minority
Alternative A
Alternative A
Result: you´re out
Alternative B
Alternative B
Result: you can´t be you
TIME TO MOVE FROM EFFICIENT SUPERPLANS...
...TO FUNCTIONING ECOSYSTEMS
FROM NATIONAL DEBATES....vicious discussion about ´them´
´for´ and ´against´
...TO PEOPLE GIVING HOPEgiving a range of faces to an issue
changing the subject from tolerance
FROM MINORITY
TO ME
TO US
WE STILL HAVE THE SOCIAL DILEMMA.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT OTHERS WILL CHANGE AS WELL?
1) MAKING ACTING DIFFERENTLY SOCIALLY ATTRACTIVE.2) SHOWING THE ACTION OF EVEN ONE.3) TEACHING SKILLS
COMMUNITY NAMES AND FRAMES THE ISSUE
Example: Kiva antibullying project, which halved bullying in Finnish schools.
FROM ATTITUDES TO SKILLSExamples:
We Read Together (unifem, Zonta, libraries)Crisis hotlines for rape victims
IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIESExample:
People´s Grocery in Oakland
EMPOWERING GATEKEEPERSExample:
Demos Helsinki´s Peloton project
SUPPORTING INITIATIVESExample:
Enabled by Design resulting from Social Innovation Camp
CREATING INTERDEPENDENCIESExample:
Time Banks
COMMUNITY IS ACTION, NOT ATTITUDE.