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Leo Burd MIT Center for Future Civic Media
2010.08.25
Who we are
• C4FCM = Media Lab + CMS + Knight Foundation
• Civic media: technological and social systems for
strengthening local communities.
• Civic media distributes civic knowledge and
transforms it into civic action.
• Empowers not just individuals, but communities.
• Strengthens the social bonds within a community and creates a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents.
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New Features
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Can technology
help change
this situation?
Although existing technologies could be used
to foster youth inclusion, participation and local civic
engagement, most tools are either too complex or lack
appropriate functionality for the task.
http://www.departmentofplay.org/
We aim to develop an easy-to-use, open-source digital toolkit with corresponding curricula and pedagogical guidance to help young people:
• Capture neighborhood knowledge by taking photographs, measuring distances, collecting data, recording interviews and constructing local maps
• Represent and share local information as “spatial narratives” integrating digital media and mapping in an online platform
• Organize civic engagement initiatives through an advocacy forum for children and adolescents to reflect, share, and act critically in their local communities.
Goals
Grassroots Mapping
organization of personally meaningful community events
What’s Up 2.0
• What’s Up <your community name here>
• SMS integration
• Interactive call blasts
• Audio polls
• Web-based audio recording
• Multi-language, multi-voice support
• Location-based calls
Innovation in social development
• Focus on individuals and their communities (interests, geo)
• Generate revenue in social and cultural capital
• Foster autonomy and participation
• Happens “in the network”
• In spite of the differences, solutions and approaches from one place might be applicable in another
• Require deep collaboration community-research-industry-NGOs-government
Innovation in social development
Community Local NGOs and Foundations
University Industry Government
• Local knowledge and resources
• Specific needs
• Community connections
• Credibility
• Ethics
• Sustainability
• (Trial and error) experimentation
• Theoretization
• Early dissemination
• Scalability
• Maintainance and Support
• Subsidies
• Policies and Incentives
Innovation in social development
Community Local NGOs and Foundations
University Industry Government
• Local knowledge and resources
• Specific needs
• Community connections
• Credibility
• Ethics
• Sustainability
• (Trial and error) experimentation
• Theoretization
• Early dissemination
• Scalability
• Maintainance and Support
• Subsidies
• Policies and Incentives
Ultimate goal: help individuals and communities recognize their value, become more autonomous and capable to control their own future
