Design Thinking Based on the Urban Community Capital for Sustainable Right Livelihood Development

Abstract

The research aimed to analyze the urban community capital by design thinking comprising teaching management, research, and academic services to the society for the right livelihood development in Sawaswareesrimaram Community, Dusit District, Bangkok by the participatory action researchers and 30 low-income household groups, community leaders, public health volunteers, elderly groups, and community entrepreneur groups. The findings revealed that Sawaswareesrimaram Community has empathized as the urban community of “HTS” (House, Temple, School) and there were more than 191 years of people’s coexistence, then it could be defined that the general lifestyle of urban people comprising early wake up; reach home late; volunteers for community development by the women and single moms; unemployed people; retired and being a housewife, the intention of generating income led to the brainstorming in the knowledge of the right livelihood development from teaching management, and integrating with the research for local areas and academic services for society as the Rajabhat strategy to improve the life quality of grassroots economy; create the prototype of “Thai Dessert with Banana Leaf” and “Young Tamarind Chilli Paste” for the pilot test in Sawaswareesrimaram Community; and create the logo as adding value by the storytelling and lesson learned in the right livelihood process of sustainable development.