Marseille, J. & Mulder, I. Friend or Fiend: Co-creation at Coolhaven-island. Co-creation at Coolhaven-island Presented at workshop Community practices and locative media held in conjunction with MobileHCI09, September 15-18th 2009, Bonn, Germany.

1. FRIEND OR FIEND?
ORWELLS STRONGLY HIERARCHICAL AND
CONTROLLING STRUCTURE SHIFTS INTO PLAYFULL,
END USER DRIVEN FRIENDLY EXTENSIONS OF ITS OWN SELF.
Ingrid Mulder,
Research professor Human Centered ICT,
School of Communication, Media, & Information Technology,
Rotterdam University of applied science
Associate Professor Design Techniques, ID-StudioLab, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering,
Delft University of Technology
Justien Marseille
Founder of the future Insttute,
Researcher Human Centered ICT, School of Communication, Media, & Information Technology,
Rotterdam University of applied science

2. COOLHAVEN ISLAND
6,150 INHABITANTS, 1/3 CONSIDRED POOR
MIX OF DEPRIVED FAMILIES, DRIFTERS AND STUDENTS/SCOLARS (3500 DAILY)
DISCOVERED BY THE ‘CREATIVE CLASS”, TENDENCY SUPPORTED BY THE CITY COUNSIL

5. AIM OF THE STUDY
BEING PART OF THE CREATIVE CLASS AS WELL AS PROVIDING
EDUCATION, THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, MEDIA AND
INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY AIMS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
SOCIETAL PROBLEMS IN IT NEIGHBOORHOOD. MORE SPECIFIC, THE
INSTITUTE PRACTICES THE HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN PRINCIPLES
SHE ENVISIONS BY INVOLVING ISLANDERS IN RESEARCH AND DESIGN
PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IN THE CURRENT PROJECT, STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE
CURRENT MEDIA AND CREATIVITY PROGRAM WERE ENCOURAGED
TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR CO- CREATION SKILLS IN PRACTICE; THEIR
DESIGN TASK WAS TO DESIGN FOR SOCIAL COHESION, BY
DEVELOPING A LOCATION BASED CONCEPT ENABLING
MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT GROUPS, WITH
DIFFERENT NEEDS, DESIRES, AND MEDIA BEHAVIOUR AT COOLHAVEN-
ISLAND.

6. APPROACH
172 STUDENTS,
7 CLASSES,
5 LECTURES
8 WORKGROUPS
CONNECT SUBGROUPS THROUGH LOCATIVE MEDIA,
23 CONCEPTS
OVER 200 VISITORS ON CO-CREATION EVENT

7. CO CREATION
WITH STAKEHOLDERS

8. CO-OPINION. WHY BOUND THE PROCESS OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
(ENFORCED BY LAW) TO ONE PLACE OR A FIXED MOMENT IF WEB 2.0
CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE WANTING TO DISCUS ISSUES,
BUT CANNOT FIND TIME TO BE PRESENT AT THE COUNCIL
MEETING WHEN THE RELEVANT TOPIC IS DISCUSSED?
THIS CONCEPT ENABLES CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL POLITICS
AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO RELEVANT DISCUSSIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
INDEPENDENT OF TIME AND LOCATION.

9. DRIFERS CURRENCY. EVERYBODY GRANTS A DRIFTER A DIME, BUT NOBODY
WANTS TO BUY AN ALCOHOLIC HIS FATAL DRINK. TO COVER THIS
OPPORTUNITY STUDENTS CAME UP WITH ‘CARING MONEY’, I.E., RFID
CHIPPED COINS THAT YOU CAN BUY AND GIVE TO THE HOMELESS AND
NEEDING, WHO CAN EXCHANGE THE COINS FOR FOOD AND SHELTER.
AND, OF COURSE, IN ORDER TO MEET THE LOCATIVE ELEMENT: THESE
COINS ARE TRACEABLE ALLOWING THE GIVER TO TRACE AND FOLLOW
HIS GIFT. THIS CONCEPT WAS VALUED AS MOST CREATIVE AND ORIGINAL,
NOT IN THE LEAST FOR THE LOW IMPLEMENTATION COSTS

10. MANY HANDS. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY IN NEED OF
THE THING YOU JUST DON’T NEED OR OF WHICH YOU HAVE LOTS.
THIS CONCEPT CAN BE A MATCHMAKER IN THIS MARKET.
A NEED MASH UP OF CASES USED AS EXAMPLES,
THE IDEA ABOUT ZILOK.COM, A MAP WITH GOODS,
SERVICES AND NEEDS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
MANY HANDS MAKE WORK LIGHT.
THE IDEA WAS SEEN AS THE BEST SPOT;
UNFORTUNATELY, WERE THE DISCUSSIONS
A BIT BIASED THROUGH THE USE OF SEMI FORBIDDEN VIDEO AND AUDIO

11. FRIEND OR FIEND?
WERE ABLE TO CO-CREATE WITH VARIOUS SUBGROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS
AND TO EXPERIMENT WITH LOCATIVE MEDIA. WE ARE CURRENTLY AIMING
TO MATURE THE CONCEPTS INTO SUSTAINBLE SOLUTIONS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE
INTERACTING WITH THE URBAN SCREEN. FOR FEEDBACK, IDEAS,
OPPORTUNITIES, OBSTACLES AND JOINING CONTACT US NOW, TODAY,
THIS WEEK OR MAIL US AT
I.J.MULDER@HRO.NL
J.H.MARSEILLE@HRO.NL

12. Not without….
Our thanks goes to all students involved in the media and creativity program, and would not have
been possible without all colleagues of the department, and all participants in the co-creation
activities at DS+V.
Especially we want to thank Paul Hendriks, for his believe in the project, the organization of the
exhibition and mobilization of his colleagues. Leon Gommans was indispensable for all the contacts
and support.
Of course we want to thank Elbert Visser for the efforts he took to in re exhibition the project
during a a day program with colleagues. Lyony Ozephius and Sander Kievits thanks for lecture on the
2008 project .zender. Student assistant David van Leeuwen is to be thanked for helping where
possible, in particular his help in making the project shareable.
Belinda Mulder is thanked for her endless optimism and organizational skills. Rob Peters for
sharing his experiences with coordination of communication during the Schipho lCrash. Jasper
Schelling not only assembled the reader, but also treaded the students with several lectures. Last but
not least, special thanks go to Emiel Bakker for taking the photographs during the co-creation
exhibition, and to Roelof de Vries, who captured the festivities in interactive panorama photo’s.

13. Links and references
Flyers of the concepts:
http://stud.gmt.hro.nl/0797648/coolhaveneiland/flyers_samengevoegd.pdf
Pictures of exhibition
http://picasaweb.google.com/pieterdehooch/MEDMECJaar2ProjectGemeenteRotterdam#5319714766657694610
http://www.360fotos.nl/medmec_pano1/
The 2008 project
http://project.cmd.hro.nl/2007_2008/coolhaven/
Lectures: http://project.cmi.hro.nl/2008_2009/rewind/platform/video.php?videoid=0059
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