https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:06:00 +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/2011/09/15/faced-with-an-app-what-can-you-do/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:06:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2011/09/15/faced-with-an-app-what-can-you-do/ Understanding the impact of global production, and the supply chains that lie behind them, has become a significant part of my work. These issues have been brought out over the past few days by the release (and subsequent removal) of a game on Apple’s App Store that treats some of the very same concerns. Phone Story, created by radical game developer Molleindustria (and partners, including Yes Men incubator Yes Lab), continues Molleindustria’s attempt to “reappropriate […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2011/02/17/sourcemapd-grain-drain-in-the-rocky-mountain-west/ Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:18:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2011/02/17/sourcemapd-grain-drain-in-the-rocky-mountain-west/