Crónicas de Héroes, the Juárez Mexico deployment of Hero Reports, rolled out late last year with incredible success at the local level. Since November more than 700 accounts of generosity, kindness, and empathy have been reported by the Juarenes. Today cronicas are being read over the airwaves by local radio […]
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Events This Week Tonight: Ricardo Dominguez: “Transborder Disturbances: Aesthetics, Interventions and Technology”http://civic.mit.edu/event/ricardo-dominguez-transborder-disturbances-ae… Tuesday, 12pm at MIT: Civic media session with Henriette Cramer: “Understanding Check-Ins” http://cot.ag/eNrb6u Civic Tools Videos Between the Bars, a blogging platforms for prisoners (to be re-released next month) http://cot.ag/dU18kL The Junkyard Jumbotron: demo combining little screens into […]
Lorrie LeJeune describes Hero Reports/Crónicas de Héroes, a project currently deployed in Juárez, Mexico, to help residents report and map incidents of heroism, large and small. Download! break MIT Tech TV
Leo Bonnani updates the civic media community on Sourcemap, a Center-sponsored project to help citizens map where things come from…from laptop parts and IKEA beds, to campaign contributions. Download! break MIT Tech TV
The MIT Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) is a center for planning and development within MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. CoLab works with low-income communities in putting their assets to work to help improve livelihoods and strengthen civic life and use the market as an arena for achieving social […]