Love your city! An interactive platform empowering citizens to turn the public domain into a participatory domain

Love your city! An interactive platform empowering citizens to turn the public domain into a participatory domain

Stembert, N.
Mulder, I.J.

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

2013-05-16

In the past years, governments have recognized the potential of interactive technology to bridge the gap with citizens. The right tools and guidance could enhance citizenship and enable co-creation between citizens and (local) governments. However, this opportunity does not automatically lead to a participatory practice. In the current article, we introduce six participation parameters, i.e., certainty, communication, freedom, responsibility, sympathy and support, to guide the design of a means that facilitates people to participate and co-create with other citizens and local government. We describe and reflect upon these parameters and the resulting ‘Love your city’ concept. An interactive platform that allows and empowers citizens to personally tackle issues they encounter in their direct environment, with the aim to contribute to a participatory domain.

citizenship
co-creation
empowerment
participatory design
public domain

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23c4488b-09e1-4b90-85e3-143e4a144215

International Conference Using ICT, Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Foster Self-Organisation in Urban and Neighbourhood Governance, Delft, The Netherlands, 16-17 May 2013

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(c) 2013 Stembert, N.
Mulder, I.J.