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Thesis Proposal!
OYLUM BASAK BORAN
Fall 2011 Thesis Studio 1
12.16.2011
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Domains!
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Initial Overarching Design Question!
How can we engage citizens to think, talk, discuss issues about environment,
sustainability, urbanizim and take action to make a change in their local communities?
How can we achieve this by collecting and sharing real-time information utilizing mobile
technologies?
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Prototype
Prototype
Tip Jar Post-it ideas to solve noise issue
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Prototype
Prototype
Tip Jar Post-it ideas to solve noise issue
What’s missing?! A good cause
An interest group
Specific goal and directions
Personal motivation / Incentive
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http://collecttive.wordpress.com
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http://collecttive.tumblr.com/
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http://collecttive.tumblr.com/
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What I learnt from prototypes!
A specific goal / cause
An interest group
Emotional connection to that goal by the users
Clear directions on what is expected
An engaging mechanism
A user-friendly, time efficient technology
Social networking features boost the effectiveness
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Research Domains!
Civic Engagement
What does it mean? Why do people participate? Why they don’t? What’s the importance
of local engagement?
Collective Action
Individuals with shared goals take action themselves and this forms a collective aggregate.
Social Computing & Social Intelligence
Designing technical systems that support, encourage and make use of social behavior by
their users by enacting their cognitive abilities to achieve purposeful ends.
Social Sustainability
Creating sustainable, successful places that promote wellbeing, by understanding what
people need from the places they live and work.
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Precedents
Citizen 311 Reporting apps:
CitySourced, SeeClickFix, 311 NYC etc.
Neighbor Connecting Platforms:
Hey, Neighbor!, Front Porch Forum, Fat Door
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Who cares?!
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City Governments!
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Foundations!
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Academic Centers!
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And I care, as a citizen…
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Do you?
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Initial Concept!
An online platform for citizens where they
share ideas about making their local
communities better
▴ that hosts different activity proposals
▴ they vote for best ideas
▴ arranges physical meet-ups for execution
▴ allows for discussion, knowledge sharing
▴ maybe a platform where citizens respond
to challenges by organizations.
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Collaborative Public
Services Design!
▴ They work in partnership with
government agencies.
▴ They collect information about the
community.