Hi,

I think you may be interested in Federal Art Project which was a program to
support artist during Great depression of US. You may find many artist names
who were supported and actually their jobs were focused on social/public
issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Art_Project (start from here).
I think it can be early exemplary project and works for your topic.

Alf Bae
PhD. student Hongik univ. IDAS.





On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Gavin Melles
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> Hello
> I'm sure I speak for many on this list when I say that the delft bop work
> is exemplary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prabhu Kandachar - IO <[log in to unmask]>
> To:  <[log in to unmask]>
>   To: IO, Prabhu Kandachar - <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Sent: 5/11/2009 8:48:32 PM
> Subject: Re: PhD in Design for Social Wellbeing
>
> Dear Edan Weis,
>
> We have carried out quiet a few design projects for/at developing
> countries. A part of our effort is available at:
> http://www.io.tudelft.nl/bop where you can download also the book:
> Designing for Emerging Markets, which gives a brief overview of many of
> these projects.
>
> They fall under your category of (1): Commercial product/service
> development for low-income markets, although not with social
> enterprises, as we are experimenting with regular business enterprises
> and NGO's, with the so called Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategy,
> introduced by Prahalad and Hart (2002).
>
> Some empirical background for BoP can be found at:
>
> Prahalad, C.K. and Hart, S., 2002. The fortune at the bottom of the
> pyramid. Strategy+Business, issue 26: 1-15.
> Prahalad, C.K., 2005. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid:
> Eradicating Poverty Through Profits. Wharton School Publishing. ISBN-10:
> 0-13-187729-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-187729-0, Pages: 304.
> Prabhu Kandachar et.al. (Ed), Design of Products and Services for the
> Base of the Pyramid, Oct. 2007, Delft University of Technology, ISBN
> 978-90-5155-034-4. http://www.io.tudelft.nl/bop
>
> Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme, Introduction: An Exploratory Journey
> towards the Research and Practice of the Base-of-the-Pyramid, Special
> issue of "Greener Management International (GMI)", edited by Prabhu
> Kandachar, June 2007, ISSN 0966-9671.
> http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/
>
> Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme (Ed)., Sustainability Challenges and
> Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor,
> 2008, ISBN 978-1-906093-11-2 http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/
>
> Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme, Farewell to pyramids: how can business
> and technology help to eradicate poverty? in Sustainability Challenges
> and Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid: Business, Technology and the
> Poor, Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme (Ed)., 2008, ISBN
> 978-1-906093-11-2 http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/
>
> P.V. Kandachar, Integrated Product Development - Discovering, defining,
> designing and delivering products & services for the Emerging Markets, A
> chapter to be published in the forthcoming book: Creating Mutual Value:
> Building Businesses and Alleviating Poverty with the Base of the
> Pyramid, Eds.: Ted London & Stuart Hart. Publisher: Wharton, USA. In
> 2010 http://bop2009.org/
>
> You could also consider participating in: http://www.bopimpact.nl/
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Prabhu Kandachar, PhD
>
> Professor- Industrial Design Engineering,
>
> Chairman, Design Engineering Department
> Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
> Delft University of Technology
> Landbergstraat 15
> 2628 CE DELFT
> The Netherlands
>
> Tel: +31.15.278.3034
> Fax: +31.15.278.1839
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> www.io.tudelft.nl
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and
> related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Edan Weis
> Sent: donderdag 5 november 2009 8:25
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: PhD in Design for Social Wellbeing
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a PhD student from the University of Melbourne, currently
> researching design practice which aims to contribute to poverty
> alleviation and economic development in poor nations, or "Design for
> Social Wellbeing". (sometimes called design for social impact, design
> for development, design activism, etc..)
>
> I am focusing on the normative aspects of "design thinking"; such as an
> individual's underlying ideological, institutional or theoretical
> dispositions which influence product or service development within DSW
> organizations.
>
> I have begun looking for organizations who may be interested in
> participating in my case study.  If anybody is aware of organizations
> working in any of these three capacities (particularly in Sth/Central
> America), or could advise or refer me to them, I would be extremely
> grateful...
>
> 1) Commercial product/service development for low-income markets through
> social enterprise
>
> 2) Technical assistance and capacity building with local artisans or
> micro-enterprises
>
> 3) Product, service and infrastructure development assistance for
> communities and organizations.
>
> Also, I have found the literature and theoretical background of DSW to
> be fragmented and underdeveloped. In an attempt to contribute and open
> it further, I have uploaded my research proposal online, for anyone
> interested:
>
> http://www.xime.com.au/wiki/index.php?title=Work_in_Progress
>
> I welcome any comments or advice...
>
> Thanks everybody!!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Edan Weis
>
> PhD Student,
> Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.
> The University of Melbourne
>