2. How did the journey start?
physical Involvement
Cloud of ideas
Sustainability Environment Health Location-based
▴
Smart Devices
MOBILITY
Common threads
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
▴ Timeless
City/Citizenship
▫ “Collective” something
Collective Intelligence
▫ Mobility
▫ Youth
Sharing
Team motivation
▫ Learning
SOCIAL NETWORKING COLLABORATION
▫ Collect / Share / Learn
Connectedness
Common Interests
Increased
communication
Combined forces Crowd-sourcing
Incentives
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3. Broader Question
▴ How to encourage people to contribute to civic engagement?
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4. Prototype #1
Do people share their ideas with a stranger? How willing they are?
Tip jar – Share your ideas with the winner
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5. Prototype #1
Do people share their ideas with a stranger? How willing they are?
Which one is easier to give?
Money or ideas?
Tip jar – Share your ideas with the winner
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6. Prototype #2
Do people share their
ideas if the issue is about
the well-being of all of
them?
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7. Lesson Learnt from the prototypes
1. Focused interest group + specific goal.
2. Clear directions.
3. Strong incentive.
4. Engaging mechanism.
5. Visibility, visual attraction.
6. Observability – If you want people to participate you have to start
the activity and provide the framework.
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12. Focused Question
How can we empower citizens to better advocate for their own
community needs by taking collective action by
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13. Focused Question
How can we empower citizens to better advocate for their own
community needs by taking collective action by
▴ Collecting
▴ Sharing
▴ Learning
▴ Discussing
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14. Focused Question
How can we empower citizens to better advocate for their own
community needs by taking collective action by
▴ Collecting
▴ Sharing
▴ Learning
▴ Discussing
with the use of mobile technologies?
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20. Inspiration
The Good, The Bad The Empty // Center for Urban Pedagogy – CUP
http://anothercupdevelopment.org/
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23. The overall goal of this study is…
To create + utilize new technology and methodologies to support
citizens/youth as active participants in their local communities.
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