Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Communities &Amp; Technologies - Transforming Communities 2019
DOI: 10.1145/3328320.3328382
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Abstract: The current work explores the participation divide that is oftentimes at play within local citizen communities. The studied case illustrates a common situation where the majority of local citizens does not participate in public space improvement and maintenance activities organised by local community activists. The presented research involved semi-structured interviews supported by interactive service design probes. It has led to two strategies for stimulating community participation, namely 1) increasing tran… Show more

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“…Citizens could engage in a way that suited their availability and commitment. The benefit of providing different modes or mediums to tailor participation was also highlighted in case studies on grassroots citizen communities (Slingerland et al, 2019b). The findings in Bouwlust show as well that multiple methods should be used in this kind of work to provide actors distinct ways to be involved and provide input to the research.…”
Section: Methods Variety In Each Of the Activitiesmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Citizens could engage in a way that suited their availability and commitment. The benefit of providing different modes or mediums to tailor participation was also highlighted in case studies on grassroots citizen communities (Slingerland et al, 2019b). The findings in Bouwlust show as well that multiple methods should be used in this kind of work to provide actors distinct ways to be involved and provide input to the research.…”
Section: Methods Variety In Each Of the Activitiesmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Citizens create points-of-interest on a digital map and in the digital space share information about this location [27]. Such location-based information can be accessed by other citizens using their mobile phone, when they visit the location and can lower the threshold to participate in the local community by enhancing transparency [28]. These examples all show how public spaces in the city can become playgrounds using physical and digital augmentation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%