Open2012 global-jugaad-commons

Shruthi Baskaran, Gunjan Malekar, Khanjan Mehta

Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program The Pennsylvania State University

The Global Jugaad CommonsCross Pollinating Concepts Across Cultures

HESE: Convergence for Impact

Affordable Greenhouses Solar Food Dehydrator

Mashavu Wishvast

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“Innovation”

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Indigenous Innovation

Innovation: Youth Perspective

Focus on sustainability over sustenance

Jugaad

Resource Constrained Innovation Jugaad (India) | Bricolage (France) | Hack (USA)

Trickle-Up Innovation

Resource Constrained Innovation: Frugal Engineering

Global Jugaad Commons

• Youth perceptions of innovation • Cultural and contextual mechanisms influencing innovation • Perceptions across communities, cultures and countries • Creating repository of indigenous innovation s

Methodology Country Number of Interviews Region/Partner

Tanzania 120 Tumaini University, Makumira Campus

Kenya 109 Children and Youth Empowerment Center, Nyeri

India 27 Maninagar, Ahmedabad

Nicaragua 25 Universidad Catolica Redemptoris Mater, UNICA

University

Semi Structured Interviews

Interviews Transcription Coding(2 Members)

Review and Final Coding (2 Members)

Methodology

Themes, Rationales and Cultural/Contextual Factors

Basic Demographics

Age Distribution

18-2122-2627-30

Categories of Innovation

Science/TechSocial ScienceCommerceArts Other

Gender Distribution

Male Female

Formal Schooling Levels

> 12 years8 to 12 years < 8 years

Diverse | Unexpected | Reflective of Culture

Innovation Spectrum

Livelihood

Helps make/save money Fish RearingHelps solve problems Local Medicine

Simplifies work Sawing MachineSaves time Mobile Phones

Reuses resources to produce value Bone Necklaces

Convenience and Quality of Life Reuses resources to produce value Banana Bark Plates

Saves time Computers Improves accessibility to resources Biogas

Social Development Preserves Culture Banana Wine

Improves community Community Sports Entertainment Lawnmower Racing

Pure Knowledge Advancement NASAEnvironmental Recycling

Aesthetics Maasai Clothes Self-Actualization Mentoring Youth

Rationales for Innovation

8 Themes | 15 Rationales | 300 Innovations

Time: A Fluid Concept

Urban Youth and Western Culture

Urban Youth and Western Culture

Gender Disparity

Gender Disparity

Business Development vs. Culture

Vertical Farming

Community Sports

Corporate vs. Individual Innovations

Indigenous Knowledge

Traditional Medicine: Mitishamba

Thought Innovations

Children: Prolific Innovators

So What?