Africa's game changers and the catalysts of social and system innovation
| dc.contributor.author | Swilling, Mark | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-08T10:03:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-08T10:03:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Swilling, M. 2016. Africa’s game changers and the catalysts of social and system innovation. Ecology and Society, 21(1):37, doi:10.5751/ES-08226-210137. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://www.ecologyandsociety.org | |
| dc.description.abstract | It is widely recognized that many African economies are being transformed by rapid economic growth driven largely by rising demand for the abundant natural resources scattered across the African continent. I critically review the mainstream game-changing dynamics driving this process, with special reference to a set of influential policy-oriented documents. This is followed by an analysis of less-recognized game-changing dynamics that have, in turn, been affected by the mainstream game-changing dynamics. These less-recognized game-changing dynamics include energy infrastructure challenges in a context of climate change, securing access to water, access to arable soils, slum urbanism, and food security responses. These mainstream and less-recognized game-changing dynamics provide the context for analyzing a range of African actor networks engaged in social and system innovations. I use a transdisciplinary framework to discuss these actor networks and how they construct their understanding of the game changers affecting their programs and actions. Based on a case study of the iShack initiative in Stellenbosch, South Africa, I conclude that social and system innovations will need to be driven by transformation knowledge co-produced by researchers and social actors who can actively link game-changing dynamics that operate at multiple scales with local-level innovations with potential societal impacts. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss1/art37/ | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 13 pages : illustrations | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Swilling, M. 2016. Africa’s game changers and the catalysts of social and system innovation. Ecology and Society, 21(1):37, doi:10.5751/ES-08226-210137 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1708-3087 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.5751/ES-08226-210137 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102071 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Resilience Alliance | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Social entrepreneurship -- Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Development -- Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Transdisciplinary research -- Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Africa's game changers and the catalysts of social and system innovation | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |