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Abstract
Alternative systems ranging from self-organized skill sharing to alternative micro-economies have been critical channels of community engagement and bonding. Technology is increasingly playing a role in the way people connect to these services at the (hyper)local level. While there has been considerable research on designing technology to support conventional, established systems of community organization and governance; mobile and ubiquitous technologies offer strong potential for alternative systems to be established in the local level. Do It Yourself (DIY) and maker movements are enabling grassroots activist groups to develop their own technologies or to hack existing tools to support bottom-up systems of self-organization, democracy and commerce. Based on these trends and the recent worldwide economic, political and societal crisis, this workshop will bring together researchers, practitioners and activists to re-envision how HCI tools can support alternative systems of local civic engagement.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 2333-2336 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Volume | 18 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450331463 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Apr 2015 |
Event | 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 18 Apr 2015 → 23 Apr 2015 |
Conference
Conference | 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Seoul |
Period | 18/04/15 → 23/04/15 |
Keywords
- Activism
- Bottom-up
- Citizen science
- Democracy
- DIY
- Participation
- Politics and HCI
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Software
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CHI 2015 Workshop on Designing Alternative Systems for Local Communities
Taylor, N. (Organiser)
Apr 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course