PROJECT
SOCIAL CHANGE, NEW MEDIA AND EVERYDAY
MAKERS: TORONTO TRANSIT CAMP
DATE RESEARCHER
APRIL 8, 2008 KAREN FUNG

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING?
WHAT IS “TRANSITCAMP”?

Why study Transit Camp?
(What makes Transit Camp interesting?)

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MECHANISMS
NOT SPONSOR-INITIATED

CIVIC LIFE
(WHEN LIFE IS TECH)

EVERYDAY MAKERS / EVERYDAY FIXERS

Participants
Technology

Participants
(expectations, outcomes)
Technology
(at work)

Qualitative Methods
1. Depth & Detail, in
their own words
2. Access to the
community;
Conversational
Partnership
JUNE 2, 2007 - FROM INTERACTIONCAMP