Bridging roles of social innovations in rural development: craft initiatives from Kutch, India

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  • Serkan Bayraktaroğlu image/svg+xml Istanbul University

    Following to his undergraduate study on industrial engineering at Kocaeli University, he received his master’s degree at Dortmund Technical University in industrial design and manufacturing and Ph.D. in industrial design at Istanbul Technical University. Between 2010 and 2020, he worked as a lecturer and assistant professor at the Industrial Design Department and as the coordinator of City and Children Studies at Kadir Has University. He continues his researches on subjects of sustainability, product-service systems, social design and social innovation at Istanbul University, Industrial Design Department since 2020.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2020.v1i1007

Keywords:

rural development, bridging roles, social innovation, business models

Abstract

Business practices are highlighted by development studies for contributing to the resilience of the rural population. However, business in the context of rural development has to fulfill distinct characteristics and roles compared to urban enterprises. Commercial organizations that are solely targeting economic growth and lacking social aspects of development might not contribute to overall sustainability of the region. This research investigates two textile craft organizations from rural India to trace the linkage between social innovations and resilience. Applying the concepts of bridging organizations and rural capitals, the paper illustrates the relationship between rural business, social innovations, and rural capital in the context of sustainable development. Findings indicate that social innovations playing bridging roles have the potentials to contribute to the sustainability of rural enterprises and the development of the region.

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2020-12-29

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Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2020). Bridging roles of social innovations in rural development: craft initiatives from Kutch, India. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 1(1), 103–118. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2020.v1i1007

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