Una aproximación al concepto de innovación social y a su contribución en los estudios de desarrollo territorial / / / \ \ \ An approach to the concept of social innovation and its contribution to territorial development studies

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  • Néstor Vercher Savall Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Local. Universitat de València

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https://doi.org/10.7203/terra.10.24424

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Resumen: Cada vez son más numerosos los autores que tratan de conceptualizar el fenómeno de la innovación social. La complejidad de los retos sociales contemporáneos ha puesto de manifiesto la necesidad de prestar mayor atención a la dimensión social de los procesos de desarrollo. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo proponer una definición operativa de la innovación social en el marco de los estudios sobre desarrollo territorial. El artículo se inicia con una revisión del origen del término de innovación social y prosigue con un análisis crítico de los diferentes discursos existente en torno a esta noción. La producción científica procedente del ámbito del desarrollo territorial es examinada con particular atención y constituye la base para proponer una conceptualización original. Los resultados del trabajo sitúan las relaciones sociales en el epicentro de los procesos de innovación y desarrollo. Además, se identifican y describen diferentes elementos que conforman los procesos socialmente innovadores, los cuales contribuyen a configurar un marco analítico para su estudio, como el contexto territorial, las redes, los mecanismos de gobernanza o las actitudes.

 

Palabras clave: desarrollo local; relaciones sociales; innovación territorial; actores; gobernanza.

 

Abstract: A growing number of scholars have conceptualised the phenomenon of social innovation. Contemporary social challenges are complex and require greater attention to the social dimension of development processes. This paper aims to design an operational definition of social innovation in the framework of territorial development studies. The origin of the social innovation concept is reviewed in the first part of the article. A critical analysis of the different discourses around this notion is then carried out. The scientific production in the field of territorial development is examined with particular attention and constitutes the basis for the original conceptualisation of social innnovation. In the findings’ section, social relations are placed at the epicenter of innovation and development processes. In addition, different elements of socially innovative processes are identified and described, which contribute to configure an analytical framework for social innovation research, such as the territorial context, networks, governance arrangements or attitudes.

 

Key words: local development; social relations; territorial innovation; actors; governance.

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Vercher Savall, N. (2022). Una aproximación al concepto de innovación social y a su contribución en los estudios de desarrollo territorial / / / \ \ \ An approach to the concept of social innovation and its contribution to territorial development studies. TERRA: Revista De Desarrollo Local, (10), 138–163. https://doi.org/10.7203/terra.10.24424
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