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http://oro.open.ac.uk/49641/1/prospecting-socially-aware.pdf
This note explains how to turn the outputs from the scenario building process into an agenda for action through the presentation of 2 real cases.
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Participatory Prospective Analysis –Scenario Building." This workshop was held on February 1-7, 2015 in Quezon City, The Philippines.
Check out "Empowering local organisations through foresight" by Robin Bourgeois at: http://bit.ly/17GoTt4
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In 2014 there will potentially be transportation funding and infrastructure ballot measures in several Bay Area Counties. The largest burden of these measures, potentially more than $10 billion over 25 years, will be paid by low income and working class communities.
But how do we ensure these investments benefit the communities who will pay and who depend most on public transportation? What happens when these new transit investments follow market rate development and cause increased displacement? Can transportation investments, transit oriented development and equitable development co-exist?
Introduction by Bob Allen of Urban Habitat
Featured speakers:
Alicia Garza, Executive Director, POWER
Peter Cohen, Co-Director, Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO)
This panel is part of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute's (BCLI)
Current Issues Series of Urban Habitat.
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Defining flexible and consistent methods and artefacts to design for social impact is a current challenge for HCI. The ephemeral and vulnerable conditions of people living as refugees add even more questions about the suitability of design methods to the complexity of real — and many times tough — life . In this position paper we briefly introduce two concepts embraced by the Socially-aware Design Approach, the Semiotic Onion and the Basic Block of Culture. We then reflect about the potential contributions of applying these concepts and artefacts to inform design for boosting community resilience of people living as refugees.
http://oro.open.ac.uk/49641/1/prospecting-socially-aware.pdf
The Kirwan Institute’s past year was marked by wide-ranging accomplishments which touched all three U.S. coastlines and many areas in between, with significant impact right here at The Ohio State University.
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http://arnic.info/ramirezseminar.php
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The Kirwan Institute’s past year was marked by wide-ranging accomplishments which touched all three U.S. coastlines and many areas in between, with significant impact right here at The Ohio State University.
"Understanding Broadband from the Outside" - ARNIC Seminar April1 08ARNIC
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http://arnic.info/ramirezseminar.php
Authors:
Tracey P. Lauriault, Programmable City Project, Maynooth University
Peter Mooney, Environmental Protection Agency Ireland and Department of Computer Science Maynooth University
Title:
Crowdsourcing: A Geographic Approach to Identifying Policy Opportunities and Challenges Toward Deeper Levels of Public Engagement
Presented:
The Internet, Policy and Politics Conference, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, September 25-26, 2014
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http://ipp.oii.ox.ac.uk/2014/programme-2014/track-c-politics-of-engagement/community/tracey-p-lauriault-peter-mooney
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We are faced with a dual mandate of restorative system design, recovering human needs in our communities, and policy system design, restoring the long historical arc toward democratic governance. And as these are both designable contexts, systemic design can integrate ecological, technological and design thinking to guide policy in more productive ways.
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• As citizens and political actors on the planetary stage, we have been afraid or unable to present a clear view of the risk scenarios, possible governance strategies, or a normative plan for serious global investment. If the planet were a business concern, it would be in receivership by now.
This toolkit provides the methodology for focusing the data-gathering power of existing communities, increasing their capacity to work together and building awareness of the potential of the data created by this work. It aims to help citizens identify and articulate their own problems using the supplementing data in their communities.
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Opportunity Mapping: Using GIS for Social Equity, Racial Justice and Advocacy
1. Presentation to Advisory Board
Human Service Chamber of Franklin County
Columbus, OH
December 7th 2010
Presented by:
Jason Reece
Senior Researcher
Reece.35@osu.edu
The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
The Ohio State University
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3. Using Mapping For Advocacy:
Space and Regional Equity
Why are maps particularly effective in
dealing with issues of equity?
Regional, racial and social inequity often
manifest as spatial inequity
Maps are naturally the best tools to display this
spatial phenomena
Other disciplines and sectors are using
multivariate mapping to problem solve
Private industry
NGO’s (Non Profit Sector)
○ Long history in the environmental field
Public sector
○ Local Government
○ Federal Government
Recent interest in mapping by HUD for supporting
sustainable communities
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4. Why Mapping?
Communications
Why is a map an excellent
visual tool to inform
someone about an
issue/problem or solution?
Maps are incredibly efficient,
compacting volumes of data
into single pictures that can be
understood at a glance
○ One map may contain tens of
thousands of pieces of
information than can be
understood in seconds
A good map can enable you to
tell a story or solve a problem
○ Research has shown that
people can solve problems
faster with map based
information, than by looking at
charts, tables or graphs
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5. GIS/Mapping = Powerful Analysis
The power of GIS
Overlays of data/information
○ Depth of analysis – because of its
storage and overlay capabilities,
GIS allows analysis which would
be difficult or impossible without
GIS technology
○ Interaction of variables: GIS allows
for extensive exploration of the
interaction between various factors,
primarily the focusing on
correlation and relationships
(spatial)
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6. Think of Mapping as a Tool:
It can be used for positive or negative purposes.
E.g. Mapping for Inequity – Redlining to support
institutionalized disinvestment
How can we use this tool and
effectively use maps to advocate for
equity?
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8. Opportunity Matters: Space, Place, and Life
Outcomes
“Opportunity” is a situation or condition that places individuals in a position
to be more likely to succeed or excel.
Opportunity structures are critical to opening pathways to success:
High-quality education
Healthy and safe environment
Stable housing
Sustainable employment
Political empowerment
Outlets for wealth-building
Positive social networks
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9. Systems Thinking: We are all situated within
“opportunity structures”
Physical
Social Cultural
Outcomes
&
Behaviors
These structures interact in ways that produce racialized outcomes for different groups, but also
in ways that influence identity
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10. The Communities of Opportunity Model
and Fair Housing
Everyone should have fair access to the
critical opportunity structures needed to
succeed in life.
Low Opportunity neighborhoods limit the
development of human capital
A Community of Opportunity approach
can develop pathways that result in
increased social and economic health,
benefiting everyone
Looking at people, places and linkages
○ Linkages = building connections to areas of
opportunity
○ Example: Opportunity based fair housing
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11. Mapping Opportunity: Why and How
The Kirwan Institute has conducted
“opportunity mapping” for states and
metropolitan regions across the US
Projects in at least a dozen states
○ Full State Analysis: MA, CT, OH, FL
○ Regions: Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta,
Baltimore, Washington D.C., Detroit, Austin,
Sacramento, Los Angeles, New York, Houston, New
Orleans
Why identify the “State of Opportunity”
How are low-income groups situated in the State?
How are racial and ethnic groups situated?
How does housing intersect with race, class and
opportunity
What can be done to improve the opportunity
landscape?
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12. Sample Indicators: From Recent King
County Opportunity Mapping Analysis
Education
Housing & Neighborhood
Student poverty rates Health
Reading/Math test scores Home ownership rates
Adult educational attainment Crime incidence
Teacher qualifications Vacancy rates
Graduation rate Home value appreciation
Neighborhood poverty rates
Population change
ECONOMIC HEALTH Proximity to parks/open space
Proximity to employment Proximity to toxic waste release sites
Commute times
Job growth trends
Business start trends
Unemployment rate All indicators grounded in social science research
Public assistance rate literature, also indicators can be more narrowly
tailored to meet the needs of particular populations
(e.g. public housing residents).
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13. Example of an Opportunity Map:
Detroit MI
(Dark Areas = Most Opportunity
Rich Communities)
(Light Areas = Most Opportunity
Deprived Areas)
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14. MA Legal Services and
Opportunity Communities
Background on this project
Originated from effort to incorporate
mapping analysis into legal services
Partners
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute,
MA Legal Assistance Corp (foundation)
and other Legal Services Entities
Year long process of meeting with
stakeholders to understand mapping
needs and issues
Training with service providers &
agencies (using mapping for
programming)
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19. Applications and Impact
Program design and use within legal services
New programming – proposed “Adopt A Zip Code”
program
Use in exploring client concerns/challenges
State level program design (public sector)
New $5 million state affordable housing program,
targeted to high opportunity communities (see press
release)
Targeting of $21 million in NSP funds to low opportunity
communities by the MA Department of Housing and
Community Development
Implementation still unfolding
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21. Other Project Impacts: CT
Connecticut
“The mapping is guiding our next round of
fair housing testing…our mapping report has
been identified by the CT Department of
Economic and Community Development as
one of the three central principles that will
guide its planning over the next five years.”
○ Erin Boggs, CT Fair Housing Center
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22. Other Projects Impacts &
Activities
Baltimore
Remedial proposal in Thompson v. HUD
Chicago (Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities)
Use in advising voucher holders in neighborhood selection
Austin
Use in evaluating city’s affordable housing investments
Related Project: Washington County, OR
Advised on opportunity map created by the County included in recent
consolidated plan for County
○ Exploring application in planning activities for the broader Portland region
Child Development
Jacksonville, FL & the Duvall County children’s commission
Organizing diverse stakeholders
San Francisco Bay Area, Open Society Institute Black Make
Achievement Program
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23. Want to Learn More?
Resources & Reference Materials
Mapping for Social Justice
The Kirwan Institute Study:
○ Utilizing GIS to Support Advocacy and
Social Justice
More on Opportunity Mapping
The Kirwan Institute Reports
○ Communities of Opportunity: A
Framework for an Equitable &
Sustainable Future
○ The Geography of Opportunity: A Review
of Opportunity Mapping Research
Initiatives
All Available on-line at: kirwaninstitute.org
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24. Want to Learn More?
Resources & Reference Materials
Mapping & Advocacy – Two recent
articles from Clearinghouse Review
Jason Reece and Eric Schultheis. Poverty’s Place:
The Use of Geographic Information Systems in
Poverty Advocacy. Clearinghouse Review Journal of
Poverty Law and Policy. January-February 2009.
Maya Roy and Jason Reece. Poverty’s Place
Revisited: Mapping for Justice & Democratizing Data
to Combat Poverty. Clearinghouse Review Journal of
Poverty Law and Policy. July/August 2010.
To access, visit Clearinghouse
Review at:
www.povertylaw.org/clearinghouse-review
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25. Web Based and Interactive Opportunity Maps
http://www.kirwaninstitute.org/connect/king-county-wa-opportunity-mapping.html
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