TY - JOUR

T1 - Global jams and country-specific adjustments

T2 - Global Sustainability Jam 2013

AU - Aryana, Bijan

AU - Baradaran Amini, Saleh

N1 - © 2016 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

PY - 2017/1/31

Y1 - 2017/1/31

N2 - Service and sustainability jams are annual events that are being held across the globe to promote collective design-based problem solving. These events, similar to other innovation jams represent a new approach towards design which is based on collective and distributed innovation. While the online platform and the main framework of these jams are designed by the global organisers, there are always country-specific adjustments in implementation. Understanding the relationships between the global frameworks and the country-specific adjustments in these collective innovative activities is an interesting, but unexplored research area. This paper explains how seven jam events between 2012 and 2015 in Iran have been influenced by changes on both global and country-specific levels. As a conclusion, we found out that despite the important role of global frameworks, country-specific adjustments had a significant influence on the tools, rules and procedures, roles, demographics of participants, and the resultant designs.

AB - Service and sustainability jams are annual events that are being held across the globe to promote collective design-based problem solving. These events, similar to other innovation jams represent a new approach towards design which is based on collective and distributed innovation. While the online platform and the main framework of these jams are designed by the global organisers, there are always country-specific adjustments in implementation. Understanding the relationships between the global frameworks and the country-specific adjustments in these collective innovative activities is an interesting, but unexplored research area. This paper explains how seven jam events between 2012 and 2015 in Iran have been influenced by changes on both global and country-specific levels. As a conclusion, we found out that despite the important role of global frameworks, country-specific adjustments had a significant influence on the tools, rules and procedures, roles, demographics of participants, and the resultant designs.

KW - service jams

KW - sustainability jams

KW - innovation jams

KW - country specific design

KW - iran

KW - distributed innovation

KW - collective innovation

KW - activity theory

KW - constant comparative analysis

U2 - 10.1504/JDR.2016.10002928

DO - 10.1504/JDR.2016.10002928

M3 - Journal article

VL - 14

SP - 301

EP - 325

JO - Journal of Design Research

JF - Journal of Design Research

SN - 1748-3050

IS - 4

Y2 - 22 November 2013 through 24 November 2013

ER -