Entries Tagged as 'civic_engagement'
Hub2 - Entering the Design Phase
For the last four weeks, we’ve been doing some general thinking about how cities, digital networks and virtual worlds might fit together. We’ve talked about the relationship between play and urban spatial practice, and we’ve pondered the general success of the spaces we daily occupy in the city of Boston. Everyone in my […]
Categories: boston · SecondLife · city · hub2 · civic_engagement
Report on Localism
Knowledge Politics just released a pamphlet on the topic of “Localism and the Information Society.” This collection of brief essays is motivated by the desire to see better integration of ICTs into neighborhoods and cities. As stated in the introduction:
“new communication tools actually have the ability to strengthen traditional, local relationships. This premise […]
Categories: placeofmedia · citygovernment · city · civic_engagement · net-locality · Community_Informatics
Hub2 gets under way
The Hub2 initiative started this week in the form of an upper-division class at Emerson College. The community class is set to begin next Tuesday. At this point, we are enrolled to capacity, and are quite eager to get started. The Emerson class is conceived a little differently than the community class. […]
Categories: placeofmedia · boston · SecondLife · hub2 · civic_engagement
Putting Theory into Action
Everything is going full speed ahead. The Boston Redevelopment Authority has agreed to fund the first phase of the Hub2 program. They’re going to pay for student tuition, evaluation, TA support and design. It’s great news and we’re thrilled that they’ve taken a chance on this experimental program. Now that the […]
Categories: placeofmedia · boston · citygovernment · SecondLife · phones · hub2 · gene_koo · civic_engagement
Placeworlds
As we consider our theoretical justification for using Second Life to facilitate civic engagement, we’ve come up with the notion of placeworlds. Below is a sketch of the concept:
Place is experienced space. It is what happens when geographic space takes on meaning of any sort – as an object of memory, or desire, […]
Categories: placeofmedia · boston · SecondLife · city · hub2 · civic_engagement
