Catalyst in the Community Research Digital Social Change
1. Catalyst in the Community
Prof. Jon Whittle, Lancaster University, UK
@catalystproj www.catalystproject.org.uk #catalystas
2. What is Catalyst?
• Research on digital technologies for social
change
– Framework of projects
• Sprints (big)
• Launchpads (modest)
– Community-University partnerships
– University-wide
30. Very curious and tries
to investigate
everything and has no
concept of danger
Notas do Editor
Talk outline: 60 minsOverview: who I am, what the talk is about, what Catalyst is, incl. where Catalyst came from (~10 mins)Overview of Catalyst-(like) projects (~20 mins)Voiceyourview (video)#patchworks (video)Access ASD (video)Heartlink (video)BARTER (video?)(3) methods/approach (~10 mins) - Catalyst-wide methods (sprints/launchpads) - within sprint methods (Speedplay – co-design + agile) - reflection (PROTEE) - sustainability(4) Lessons learned (~20 mins) - successes - warts and allCredits
Dorothy Straight, How the World Began, 1962
Dorothy Straight, How the World Began
Dorothy Straight, How the World Began
Dorothy Straight, How the World Began
Temper tantrums when frustratedPlays alongside other children rather than with themMay have about fifty understandable words
Patchworks as an example: Research Sprint – 8 MonthsIs it possible to co-design, with homeless communities, a simple and cheap health monitoring and communication tool using the methods and materials of ‘personal manufacturing’ (DIY-Bio/garage science)? Working with Madlab & SignpostsWe briefly describe current Catalyst projects, to give a flavour of the research. #patchworks involves Lancaster’s School of Healthand Medicine, Lancaster Environment Centre, Signposts (a community resource centre in Morecambe), and MadLab, a Manchester-based not-for-profit community of hackers and innovators. In the project, Signposts volunteers are co-designing a prototype tool using cheap, open source technology that can help to improve support services for the homelessIntro to Patchworks and Ref to the SRA abstract ‘routine chaos’http://vimeo.com/43110132Good refs to Chaotic LivesCornes, M., Joly, L., Manthorpe, J., O'Halloran, S. and Smyth, R. (2011). Working Together to Address Multiple Exclusion Homelessness. Social Policy and Society, 10, pp 513-522 doi:10.1017/S1474746411000261Brown, P., Morris, G., Scullion, L. and Somerville, P. (2012) Losing and Finding a Home: Homelessness, Multiple Exclusion and Everyday Lives. University of Salford. Accessed via http://www.homelesspages.org.uk/node/24491Fitzpatrick, S., Johnsen, S. and White, M. (2011). Multiple Exclusion Homelessness in the UK: Key Patterns and Intersections. Social Policy and Society, 10, pp 501-512 doi:10.1017/S147474641100025X Rogers, R., (2009). The End of the Virtual: Digital Methods, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009. Young, S. D. and Rice, E. (2011). Online Social Networking Technologies, HIV Knowledge, and Sexual Risk and Testing Behaviors Among Homeless Youth. AIDS and Behavior, 2011, Volume 15, Number 2, Pages 253-260
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