From Design Fiction to Future Models of Community Building and Civic Engagement

Hanna, Julian; Ashby, Simone

doi:10.1145/2971485.2993922

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“…It is for this reason that worldbuilding merits deeper investigation in the urban planning and development discourse. Literature focuses on the value of worldbuilding in design in general, particularly in product design and technological innovation (Dunne and Raby, 2013;Hanna and Ashby, 2016;Nagele et al, 2018). Less exploration on how the approach fits into community planning and urban planning processes has occurred, and no research has yet been conducted on the connection between worldbuilding and civic co-production.…”

Section: Worldbuilding and Co-productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Civic Co-production: Using Worldbuilding to Go Beyond Participation in Urban Planning and Enact More Equitable Cities

Hoffman

2022

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Even as calls for more participatory urban planning have grown over the past half century, achieving meaningful and effective participation remains elusive. While disciplines beyond urban development are experimenting with narrative-driven engagement toolsets to cultivate greater degrees of public investment and collaborative capacity, less exploration on the power of such tools has been conducted in urban development circles. Toward the objective of reconciling the challenges of community engagement with the growing uncertainties and inequalities of contemporary cities, this paper explores the value of aiming beyond participatory planning toward co-production, and assesses the role of worldbuilding, a design approach with origins in fiction, in doing so. Specifically, the worldbuilding methods implemented in a project to envision dense urban environments in 2070 is positioned within growing calls for urban development to move toward co-production. The paper contributes to the wider discourse on tactics for collaboratively envisioning and enacting more equitable cities.

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Section: Worldbuilding and Co-productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Civic Co-production: Using Worldbuilding to Go Beyond Participation in Urban Planning and Enact More Equitable Cities

Hoffman

2022

Front. Sustain. Cities

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“…Non-commercial crowdsourcing is increasingly used in public initiatives. Among the many crowdsourcing categories, two of them, i.e., civic engagement and community building (Hanna and Ashby, 2016), strictly fit into the subject matter discussed in the article. Civic engagement understood as processes of collective action regarding public issues use crowdsourcing as a lever to support social initiatives (Sumner and Nelson, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Crowdsourcing Platforms in a Participatory Model of Maritime and Sailing Culture Management - The Case Study of Szczecin Poland

Strulak-Wójcikiewicz¹

2021

ERSJ

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Purpose:The main purpose of the article is to present the premises indicating the need to use the potential of crowdsourcing in a participatory model of culture management to activate and integrate communities to shape culture in their cities. Design/Methodology/Approach: The article uses the method of review and critical analysis of the literature (sources), the survey method, the case study method -the city of Szczecin and the Business Model Canvas (BMC) method). Findings: The research results presented in the article indicate that a significant problem in creating culture in Szczecin and in the region is the lack of a common platform for cooperation in this area. This justifies the need to apply a participatory model of culture management to activate and integrate communities to shape culture in their cities. The potential of crowdsourcing confirms the legitimacy of creating an online cooperation platform for maritime and sailing culture in the city of Szczecin. Practical Implications: The online cooperation platform enables the integration of various groups of stakeholders involved in the creation and maintenance of maritime and sailing culture and facilitated the taking and implementation of activities in the field of creating and cultivating maritime and sailing traditions in the city of Szczecin. This platform can also be a place of cooperation between the cultural and business sector in promotion and dissemination of maritime and sailing culture in the region. Originality/Value: An in-depth analysis of the literature on the subject and the research results presented in the article indicate the need for further research on the concept of an online cooperation platform for maritime and sailing culture in the city of Szczecin. The article presents a proposal for a business model of such a platform built with the use of the BMC.

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“…As regarding the context in the framework of the Open Data Ecosystem, the understanding of the key dimensions and dynamics in the city context is still an open challenge. Indeed, while the literature connecting technology and civic design (DiSalvo, & Dantec, 2017) focus the attention on the relation between data and action (Forlizzi, 2018;Hanna & Ashby, 2016) for the empowerment of local communities, the information needs of communities and how data could be used to address local issues are still unclear (Goldstein & Dyson, 2013;Harding, Knowles, Davies & Rouncefield, 2015;Sieber & Johnson, 2015;Taylor, Lindley, Regan & Sweeney, 2014;Taylor, Lindley, Regan, Sweeney, Vlachokyriakos, Grainger & Lingel, 2015).…”

Section: Reframing Open Data As Digital Civics In the City Open Data Ecosystemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Actionable Open Data

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JoCI

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Open Data are recognised as invaluable resources at the city level for improving local services, community engagement and businesses initiatives, but their use still struggle to have the desired impact. This work addresses the underuse of Open Data by exploring the connection between data and actions in everyday urban activities implemented by local governments, public agencies, businesses, non-profit organisations and research institutions operating in the city. The empirical results of this exploratory study outline a structural misalignment between a) roles of local actors in city activities and their data-related activities, b) provision of Open Data and information needs of local actors, c) expected uses of data in local actions and forms of support to the users provided by current city Open Data portals. The envisioned alternative approach to foster the use of Open Data at the city level rely on identifying the appropriate data to be produced for supporting local actions, instead than focusing on publishing data disconnected from real information needs of organisations working for local communities.

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From Design Fiction to Future Models of Community Building and Civic Engagement

Cited by 15 publications

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Toward Civic Co-production: Using Worldbuilding to Go Beyond Participation in Urban Planning and Enact More Equitable Cities

Toward Civic Co-production: Using Worldbuilding to Go Beyond Participation in Urban Planning and Enact More Equitable Cities

Crowdsourcing Platforms in a Participatory Model of Maritime and Sailing Culture Management - The Case Study of Szczecin Poland

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