Community technology to support geographically-based communities Joe McCarthy Principal Instigator Strands Labs Seattle Situated place- IRL (in real life)

Three themes Mobile vs. Situated Space vs. Place Online vs. Offline But first: three plugs …

Mobile vs. Situated

Space vs. Place

Online vs. Offline

An example: CoCollage A system consisting of a large display that shows a collage of photos and quotes uploaded to a special web site by patrons and staff in a café or other community-oriented place .

Placed Community session Session Chair: Marcus Foth , Queensland University of Technology, Australia Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Saturday Place: IST 208 The Social Life of Wireless Urban Spaces: Internet Use, Social Networks, and the Public Realm Keith N Hampton , Oren Livio, Lauren Sessions University of Pennsylvania Facilitating Participatory Decision-Making in Local Communities through Map-Based Online Discussion Bo Yu,, Guoray Cai Pennsylvania State University Supporting Community in Third Places with Situated Social Software Joseph F. McCarthy , Shelly D. Farnham, Yogi Patel, Sameer Ahuja, William R. Hazlewood, Daniel Norman, Josh Lind Strands Labs

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Communities, Inc. ? Centralization, extraction, exploitation Disconnection, division, distance Individualism vs. collectivism Spectators (spectacles) vs. participants Top-down vs. bottom-up Subjects  citizens  consumers Place  property  mortgage  derivative investments We have met the corporation, and they is us. lifeincorporated.net

Centralization, extraction, exploitation

Disconnection, division, distance

Individualism vs. collectivism

Spectators (spectacles) vs. participants

Top-down vs. bottom-up

Subjects  citizens  consumers

Place  property  mortgage  derivative investments

Mobile vs. Situated Mobile Social Software Maintain existing connections Ambient intimacy (Leisa Reichert) Continuous partial friendship (David Weinberger) Situated Social Software Create new connections Serendipitous encounters Familiar strangers “ A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet.” - Will Rogers

Mobile Social Software

Maintain existing connections

Ambient intimacy (Leisa Reichert)

Continuous partial friendship (David Weinberger)

Situated Social Software

Create new connections

Serendipitous encounters

Familiar strangers

Space vs. Place Re-place-ing space (Harrison & Dourish, 1996) Space is the opportunity; place is the understood reality We are located in “space”, but we act in “place” Appropriate behavioral framing Location-based services (locative media) Who / what is nearby? Maybe I’ll go there… Place-based services Who / what is here? Maybe I’ll make contact …

Re-place-ing space (Harrison & Dourish, 1996)

Space is the opportunity; place is the understood reality

We are located in “space”, but we act in “place”

Appropriate behavioral framing

Location-based services (locative media)

Who / what is nearby? Maybe I’ll go there…

Place-based services

Who / what is here? Maybe I’ll make contact …

Online vs. Offline Effort vs. impact “ We want communication to cost something because that cost signals that we value the other person, that we value them enough to spare our time and attention.” danah boyd, “Valuing efficiencies & unreliability” Virtual world vs. real world Virtual protests vs. WatchJeffersonCounty.org Taking it to the streets (or the cafés) Being present, showing up, being counted … & counting

Effort vs. impact

“ We want communication to cost something because that cost signals that we value the other person, that we value them enough to spare our time and attention.”

danah boyd, “Valuing efficiencies & unreliability”

Virtual world vs. real world

Virtual protests vs. WatchJeffersonCounty.org

Taking it to the streets (or the cafés)

Being present, showing up, being counted … & counting

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