“Samskaping” i norsk offentlig sektor

“Co-creation” in Norwegian public sector – Changes, Opportunism or Symbolism? The Norwegian word for co-creation, “samskaping”, is a new-constructed word that during the last 5 years has become a key concept in the public sector. How to understand this conceptual change? By leaning on theories about organizational diffusion and translation, the article explores to what extent we are witnessing a real versus more symbolic change. The article analyses the spread of co-creation based in web-searches in Norwegian public websites. The analysis shows that while “samskaping” at the national level mostly relates to welfare services (elderly care), the local level displays a more mixed picture where “samskaping” also relates to regional and local development. Relating to translation theory, this preliminary analysis indicates that the drive towards co-creation is propelled by a mixture of different motivations, spanning from more interaction with citizens, opportunistic use of co-creation, and more symbolic functions.

挪威公共部门中的“共创（Co-creation）”——变革、机会主义还是符号化？共创（Co-creation）在挪威语中的对应词汇为samskaping，该词为新造词，近五年来已成为挪威公共部门的核心概念。该如何理解这一概念变迁？本文依托组织扩散与转译理论，探究我们所目睹的究竟是实质性变革，还是更偏向符号化的形式变化。本文基于挪威公共部门网站的网络搜索数据，分析了共创理念的传播态势。分析结果显示，samskaping在国家层面多与福利服务（如老年照护）相关，而在地方层面则呈现更为多元的应用图景，其应用范畴也涵盖区域与地方发展领域。结合转译理论来看，此项初步分析表明，共创理念的推广动因兼具多重属性，既涵盖强化与公民的互动、机会主义式的共创实践应用，也包含更为显性的符号化功能。