New Initiatives for the Empowerment of People with Activity Limitations
An Analysis of 1,005 Cases of (Digital) Social Innovation Worldwide
The paper exploits an extensive quantitative case mapping to blend three strands of research: First, social innovation will be considered as an approach to improve and/or guarantee social inclusion for people with activity limitations. Secondly, ICT will be understood as a means to empower people with activity limitations; and thirdly, the needs of vulnerable people will be regarded as a lens for scrutinizing those two approaches: How can ICT based social innovation/digital social innovation (DSI) empower people? The analysed cases shed light on the phenomenon of “digital social innovations” and allow first insights into their practice. The paper illustrates a quantitative overview of the actors behind these initiatives, their funding structures and drivers and barriers. In a conclusion, the new phenomenon of “digital social innovation” is described in contours.
Bibliographische Angaben: Eckhardt, Jennifer; Kaletka, Christoph; Pelka, Bastian: New Initiatives for the Empowerment of People with Activity Limitations An Analysis of 1,005 Cases of (Digital) Social Innovation Worldwide; In: Antona, Margherita; Stephanidis, Constantine (Hrsg.): Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Methods, Techniques, and Best Practices; 10th International Conference, UAHCI 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17; S. 183-193; Springer, 2016 ISBN: 978-3-319-40249-9