The potential applications of the civic mapping to empower the citizens are promising, from location-aware participative democracy initiatives such as gauging public support for civic planning, to the reporting of urban problems such as blight or requesting snow cleanup. Listed below 5 projects which, using web platforms, help citizens to […]
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Title: KoBoMapFeatured Image: http://www.kobotoolbox.org/sites/m/images/KoBoMap_0.pngDescription: KoBoMap is part of the KoBo Toolbox, a set of open-source tools for data collection and analysis currently under development at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Probably the greatest thing about KoBo is that it has the limited internet connectivity in mind in all its products, adding […]
How can writers nurture great commenting communities while still engaging with the tough questions? Speaking at the Media Lab today is Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor and blogger at The Atlantic and author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Before The Atlantic, Coates worked for The Village Voice, the Washington City Paper, […]
At last year’s Civic Media Conference, I pitched and won a small media innovation grant to make a video based on a public radio piece. The idea was to explore a way to raise radio’s profile in an online environment that tends to favor video. Below is cross-posted from the […]
My researching and brainstorming of my final project has taken me into an informal investigation of the nature of commerce and of racial inclusiveness in hip-hop culture. I have recently been looking at two books, “Beyond Resistance”!, (http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Resistance-Activism-Community-Change/dp/041…) an anthology of different urban youth development and civic engagement projects, edited […]