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Valuation in Rural Social Innovation Processes—Analysing Micro-Impact of a Collaborative Community in Southern Italy

Federica Ammaturo, Suntje Schmidt · 2024 · Societies

Summary. This paper examines how valuation processes embedded within social innovation activities drive rural development in a southern Italian agricultural community. The researchers identify three valuation phases—contesting norms, accumulating symbolic capital, and redefining values—that generate micro-level impacts on the agro-economic system, local culture, and place-making. The study demonstrates that collaborative valuation occurring during social innovation implementation, not just afterward, produces tangible community empowerment and societal change through joint sense-making.

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Ammaturo, F., & Schmidt, S.. (2024). Valuation in Rural Social Innovation Processes—Analysing Micro-Impact of a Collaborative Community in Southern Italy. Societies. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14060076

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DOI
10.3390/soc14060076
Countries
Italy
Regions
Europe
Categories
food-systems, regional-innovation-systems, innovation-theory
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2026-04-28