Solving Wicked Problems Together

Solving Wicked Problems Together
Takuo Dome and Goro Yamazaki (eds.)

186 mm x 130 mm
256pages
JPY2,000
ISBN 9784790717737
Pub date: December 2022

“I want more liveliness in the community.” “People who are supposed to be in need are not speaking up” “The expertise I have learned is not being conveyed to people outside my field” Disaster recovery, regenerative medicine, creating liveliness, creative education ... Let’s create new value through mutual aid.

Table of Contents
Introduction

Part I Manners of Co-Creation

Chapter 1 Where Do wicked Problems Come from and Where Do They Go?　　Chapter 2 Questioning the Problem: How to Begin Co-Creation
Chapter 3 Acquiring the Ability to Lead to a Solution: The Return of Learning　Chapter 4 Connecting Networks: Human Action Connecting People to People　Chapter 5 Teaching Social Innovation: Combining with Cross-Cultural Collaborative Experiences

Part II Sites of Co-Creation

Chapter 6 +Creative: KIITO’s Practice
Chapter 7 Education × Local Studies Learning Together: Junior High School Students in Totsukawa Village and University Students in Osaka
Chapter 8 When Art Meets Rural Communities: The Role of Art Projects
Chapter 9 A Small Voice: Weaknesses Play a Role in Community Development

Conclusion
Book guide for those who want to learn more

Introduction (excerpt)
This book examines what kind of ideas, mechanisms, places, and networks are necessary for “everyone” to solve “wicked problems”. 

The impact of individual initiatives may seem small and meaningless in the face of the diversity and complexity of social issues. However, ... it is not a case of a few innovators suddenly appearing and changing society at once, but countless unknown people meeting, exchanging information, taking action together, and patiently unraveling the problems before moving on to the next. “Wicked problems” are not insoluble problems, although they must be troublesome. The important thing is not whether they can be solved or not, but whether we try to solve them or not.

I hope that this book will be the first step toward a social movement that does not turn its eyes away from “wicked problems” but tries to solve them together with “everyone”.