I gave an Ignite talk today at the MIT-Knight Civic Media conference (#civicmedia). Wow, that went so fast! I didn’t quite share all I wanted, but if I could sit down with you over a cup of coffee, this is what I would have said. If I may be cheesy […]
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This sums it up perfectly: “Job security is about as real as a free lunch.” With the first year of grad school over, I’m rolling up my sleeves for thesis research. I haven’t talked about it much on the Civic blog, but I’ve been refining my idea since I arrived […]
This is part 2 in a series on a public art project to create a space for dialogue between a concerned community and the owners of a dilapidated Cambridge property. Bigger picture in part 1. I was enamored with the weight of postcards: How does the sender’s selection of a […]
The first day of Antoni Muntadas‘ class, I couldn’t resist sharing my notes in tweets. “Dialogues in Public Space” was an intriguing title for an art course. There was a similar project called Civic Studio when I lived in Grand Rapids, where university students spent a semester doing what I […]
Nathan Matias and I recently spoke to a few staffers from 350, a global climate movement organization. Especially worthy of your attention are the concept of “distributed solidarity,” making that solidarity visible to participants and—to Civic—a sort of tightrope between professional and citizen footage. This post is for background; jump […]