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“Your place or mine?” – Connecting communities and public places through networked public displays
Nemanja Memarovic and Marc Langheinrich
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Enhancing Community Interaction in Public Spaces Through Situated Public Displays
Nemanja Memarovic and Marc Langheinrich
Our goal
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Where can we find public displays?
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Everywhere around us...
…and in public space
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Where can we find public displays?
What is the role of public space?
‘the common ground where people carry out the functional and ritual activities that bind a community…it is the stage where the drama of communal life unfolds.’
Public space, Carr et al.
Public space is…
What are the social problems in public space?
• Weakening connections within local community
• Time sharing and community avoidance• Weakening connections among
distributed communities• Sense of isolation in remote communities
Remote Connectivity
Public Space
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Identity Infusion
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Identity Cognition
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?Applications that supportcommunity awareness
?How to evaluate the impactof the system
Community index, psychology
6. Applications
Project ID CardFP7 FET Open project
EU funding: 1.4 million €
Starting date: May 1st 2010
Project duration: 30 months
4 Academic partners
Public Display Network (PD-NET)
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