situated community technology c&t 2009
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Presentation at a panel on "Community technology to support geographically-based communities" at the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2009)TRANSCRIPT
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Community technology to
support geographically-based
communities
Joe McCarthyPrincipal Instigator
Strands Labs Seattle
Situated
place-
IRL (in real life)
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Three themes
• Mobile vs. Situated• Space vs. Place• Online vs. Offline
But first: three plugs …
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An example: CoCollage
A system consisting of a large display that shows a collage of photos and quotes
uploaded to a special web site by patrons and staff in a café or other community-oriented place.
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Placed Community sessionSession Chair: Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaTime: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., SaturdayPlace: IST 208
The Social Life of Wireless Urban Spaces: Internet Use, Social Networks, and the Public RealmKeith N Hampton, Oren Livio, Lauren Sessions University of Pennsylvania
Facilitating Participatory Decision-Making in Local Communities through Map-Based Online DiscussionBo Yu,, Guoray Cai Pennsylvania State University
Supporting Community in Third Places with Situated Social SoftwareJoseph F. McCarthy, Shelly D. Farnham, Yogi Patel, Sameer Ahuja, William R. Hazlewood, Daniel Norman, Josh Lind Strands Labs
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SlideShare: YouTube for Powerpoint
http://www.slideshare.net/gumption
We can all “follow” each other!tag: cct2009
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Communities, Inc. ?• Centralization, extraction,
exploitation• Disconnection, division,
distance• Individualism vs.
collectivism• Spectators (spectacles) vs.
participants• Top-down vs. bottom-up• Subjects citizens
consumers• Place property
mortgage derivative investments
We have met the corporation, and they is us.
lifeincorporated.net
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Mobile vs. Situated
• Mobile Social Software– Maintain existing connections– Ambient intimacy (Leisa Reichert)– Continuous partial friendship (David Weinberger)
• Situated Social Software– Create new connections– Serendipitous encounters– Familiar strangers
“A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet.”- Will Rogers
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Space vs. Place
• Re-place-ing space (Harrison & Dourish, 1996)– Space is the opportunity; place is the understood
reality– We are located in “space”, but we act in “place”– Appropriate behavioral framing
• Location-based services (locative media)– Who / what is nearby? Maybe I’ll go there…
• Place-based services– Who / what is here? Maybe I’ll make contact …
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Online vs. Offline
• Effort vs. impact– “We want communication to cost something because
that cost signals that we value the other person, that we value them enough to spare our time and attention.”
– danah boyd, “Valuing efficiencies & unreliability”• Virtual world vs. real world
– Virtual protests vs. WatchJeffersonCounty.org• Taking it to the streets (or the cafés)
– Being present, showing up, being counted … & counting
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Community technology to
support geographically-based
communities
Joe McCarthygumption.typepad.com
www.slideshare.net/gumptionwww.twitter.com/gumption
www.flickr.com/photos/gumption
Situated
place-
IRL (in real life)