Prototipagem de uma Plataforma Digital para a Promoção da Inovação Territorial de Base Comunitária

Abstract

Digital social networks are contemporary infocommunicational spaces that are influencing the social and economic development of territories as they link people, companies and services, offering tools for communication, storage, information distribution and sharing of knowledge and resources. Simultaneously, the mobility and the personalization of services give mobile platforms a viable and timelyalternative for the promotion of community-based initiatives, keeping consumers always online and allowing them to identify nearby locations and services in real-time. This study presents the prototyping process of a mobile digital platform that aims to promote territorial innovation, specifying its phases, from the initial stage of the platform concept to the stage of development of a medium-fidelity prototype. Both features and interaction modalities of the platform are discussed due to its innovative potential and the possible benefits as a path to promote the hypermediation process between several agents of the communities and towards the promotion of territorial innovation.

Keywords

• Territorial innovation;
• communities’ development
• design
• prototyping
• hypermediation