https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:23:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2012/12/12/a-case-study-of-an-innovative-campaign-against-domestic-violence/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:23:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/12/12/a-case-study-of-an-innovative-campaign-against-domestic-violence/ “If I have to leave my apartment and go to a shelter, will my kids be able to go to the same school?” “If I am undocumented, can I report my wife for verbal and physical abuse? She told me if I call the police they will arrest me because I am living in the country Illegally.” “Why are there not enough resources to help people in trouble?” The above questions were all submitted as […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/29/question-campaign-a-case-study/ Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:42:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/29/question-campaign-a-case-study/ https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/15/final-project-revisited-21-days-cambridge/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:12:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/15/final-project-revisited-21-days-cambridge/ I have decided to change my final project topic once more. While I am excited by both the history of civic media in Boston’s Chinatown and James Rojas’ participatory planning workshops, I am now going to focus my final project around the 21 Days Question Campaign Against Domestic Violence in Cambridge.  The City of Cambridge approached the organization Engage the Power (EtP) to help design a campaign against domestic violence.  EtP helps communities set political agendas by designing […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/09/theory-of-social-change/ Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:48:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/09/theory-of-social-change/     Last class, my group designed two “theory of social change” diagrams. One diagram demonstrated the process an individual goes through when trying to improve or modify his or her environment. It assumed that the sociopolitical surroundings of that individual allowed for a simple and accessible democratic process and that local politicians and stakeholders act in the interest of the individual. In that process, the individual first assesses the surroundings and decides what about […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/05/summary-of-week-5-the-political-economy-of-communications/ Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:55:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/05/summary-of-week-5-the-political-economy-of-communications/ https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/02/civic-media-in-chinatown-then-and-now/ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:12:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/02/civic-media-in-chinatown-then-and-now/ https://civic.mit.edu/2012/09/17/reflection-a-model-of-digital-inclusion/ Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/09/17/reflection-a-model-of-digital-inclusion/ https://civic.mit.edu/2012/09/11/civic-media-and-urban-planning/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:52:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/09/11/civic-media-and-urban-planning/ https://civic.mit.edu/2010/09/07/department-of-play-asks-can-technology-improve-the-lives-of-youth/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:35:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2010/09/07/department-of-play-asks-can-technology-improve-the-lives-of-youth/