engaging communities in public spaces
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Sostenibilidad de Ciudades: Modelos para una mejor Gestión y Planificación
@manufernandez
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES
IN PUBLIC SPACES
MANU FERNÁNDEZ
Ph.D. researcher and urban policy consultant for the
last 14 years, currently working as a freelance in
three areas:
www.ciudadesaescalahumana.org
URBAN STRATEGIST
www.humanscalecity.org
@manufernandez
Civic engagment programmes
Hackathons without computers
Research
Consultancy and expert advice
MY WORK
Smart citizens
Strategic design
Connected public objects
Sustainable urban policies
PhD
FORMAL AND REACTIVE URBANISM
PERMANENCY AND FEAR OF INSTABILITY
FROM STANDARDS TO FLEXIBILITY
THE MYTH OF PLANNING
PREFERS THE PROJECT AS AN OUTPUT INSTEAD OF OPEN PROCESSES
FROM CITIES AS HARDWARE TO CITIES AS SOFTWARE
THE CITY AS NETWORK AND COMMONS
COLLABORATIVE
EDITABLE
FREE ACCESS
PERMANENTLY BETA
GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS
OPEN KNOWLEDGE
TRANSPARENCY
COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS
ARE CITIES LIKE WIKIPEDIA?
PUBLIC ASSESSMENT
CULTURAL SHIFT
TECHNOLOGY IS GETING PEOPLE TOGETHER
MOBILE LOCAL
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
REDISCOVERY OF PUBLIC SPACES
RENAISSANCE OF SENSE OF COMMUNITYP2P
COMMONS
CO-CREATION
DIY
COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY
CROWDSOURCING
DISTRIBUTED PRODUCTION
OPEN KNOWLEDGE
CO-WORKING
URBAN FARMING
596 ACRES (NEW YORK)
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RESTAURANT DAY Ravintolapäivä (HELSINKI)
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PUBLIC SPACES AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
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PUBLIC SPACES AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
NEW COLLECTIVE ACTION PRACTICES
TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY
KNOWLEDGE + ACTIVISM
PARTICIPATION BY REPRESENTATION vs. PARTICIPATION BY CONTRIBUTION
FROM TOOLS TO PROCESSES
COMMON FEATURES
URBAN PEDAGOGY
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HACKING THE CITY
PROTOTYPING: EXPERIMENTATION INFORMS DESIGN CREATIVITY INSPIRES CHANGELIGHTER, QUICKER, CHEAPER
CITY-MAKING GOES BEYOND CITY PLANNING
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY AS A COMMON
FROM PLACEMAKING TO COMMUNITY BUILDING