Towards a Situational Understanding of Collective Learning: A Reflexive Framework

Seppe De Blust, Oswald Devisch and Jan Schreurs
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Seppe De Blust: Research Unit Planning and Development, Department of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium
Oswald Devisch: Department of Architecture & Art, University of Hasselt, Belgium
Jan Schreurs: Research Unit Planning and Development, Department of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium

Urban Planning, 2019, vol. 4, issue 1, 19-30

Abstract: Based on an in-depth study of how socially innovative processes are collectively reinforced within two cases, this article builds a reflexive framework that conceptualizes socially innovative processes as situated trajectories of collective learning. The framework starts from three theories in the field of pedagogy and organisational studies that try to contextualise and operationalise how internal processes of learning, supportive relationships and external demands interrelate withinprocesses of collective learning. In line with the reflexive character of social innovation research, the article presents the framework as a means to give concrete answer on how socially innovative processes can be supported and how the dynamic character of their collective learning trajectories can be managed. The conclusion of this article further reflects on the importance of a situational and multi-layered understanding of collective learning for creating institutional support for socially innovative processes in planning and presents reflexive questions that can help external actors as planning practitioners to position themselves within this often messy and complex reality.

Keywords: collective learning; reflexivity; situational understanding; socially innovative planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.17645/up.v4i1.1673

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