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Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +55 more
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Article Research

Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism

Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer.

via MIT News · Sept. 21, 2022
in Personal Robots · RAISE
#data #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
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Personal Robots

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

#robotics #design #virtual reality +67 more
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Data Activism Program

Thank you for your interest in our  Data Activism program. All available spots for this program have been filled. If you would li…

in Personal Robots
Matthew Taylor · Raechel Walker +2 more
#data #kids #learning + teaching +1 more
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City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

#robotics #design #social networks +67 more
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Poetic Justice

Exploring new forms of social justice through art

#robotics #design #architecture +30 more
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MIT Center for Constructive Communication

MIT Center for Constructive Communication

#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +37 more
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Civic Media

Creating technology for social change

#robotics #design #social networks +54 more
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Actionable Auditing: Coordinated bias disclosure study

Algorithmic auditing has emerged as a key strategy to expose systematic biases embedded in software platforms, yet scholarship on the impac…

in Civic Media
Joy Buolamwini
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #civic media +8 more
Archived
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Civic Entertainment

Civic Entertainment is a project based at the Center for Civic Media that explores the intersection of civic engagement with film, televisi…

in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
Anushka Shah · Ethan Zuckerman
#civic media #communications #entertainment +4 more
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The Synthetic Biology Community Builder

David Sun Kong speaks with NEO.LIFE about science, activism, and how biotechnology can empower ordinary people.

via NEO.LIFE · April 7, 2022
in Community Biotechnology
#synthetic biology #ethics #community +2 more
Project Research

RealTalk for Change Boston

A revolutionary new piece of civic infrastructure for more inclusive public input.Real Talk for Change is a collaboration between MIT’s Cen…

in Social Machines · MIT Center for Constructive Communication
Sinclair Target · Wonjune Kang +14 more
#artificial intelligence #civic media #civic technology +5 more
Article Research

Some Bostonians feel largely unheard. With MIT’s ‘Real Talk’ portal now public, here’s a chance to really listen

A database of community conversations in various Boston neighborhoods launches publicly on Monday.

via The Boston Globe · Oct. 25, 2021
in Media Lab Spinoffs · MIT Center for Constructive Communication
#artificial intelligence #civic media #civic technology +5 more
Article Research

MIT’s ‘Real Talk’ campaign gives likely voters a voice in Boston’s race for mayor

Researchers enlist grassroots activists to engage “invisible” residents about the future of the city.

via The Boston Globe · Aug. 24, 2021
in MIT Center for Constructive Communication
#civic media #civic technology #politics +2 more
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RAISE

RAISE

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +19 more
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PlusMinus

PlusMinus

#design #civic technology #developing countries +5 more
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Community Biotechnology

Community Biotechnology

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +27 more
Publication Research

Defund Big Tech, Refund Community: Anti-Trust is Not Enough, Another Tech is Possible

Barendregt, W., Becker, C., Cheon, E., Clement, A., Reynolds-Cuéllar, P., Schuler, D., & Suchman, L. (2021). Defund Big Tech, Refund Community. Tech Otherwise. https://doi.org/10.21428/93b2c832.e0100a3f

White Paper/Memo, Feb. 2021
in Space Enabled
#design #civic technology #civic action
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CabildoxLatAm

CabildoxLatAm: A space for digital participation in Latin AmericaIn the face of the challenges that have emerged and been exacerbated&…

in Civic Media
Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar
#civic media #politics #civic action +1 more
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Publication Research

The Design of Pseudo-Participation

Victoria Palacin, Matti Nelimarkka, Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, and Christoph Becker. 2020. The Design of Pseudo-Participation. In Proceedings of the 16th Participatory Design Conference 2020 - Participation(s) Otherwise - Volume 2 (PDC '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 40–44.

Academic Paper, June 2020
in Civic Media
#civic media #social science #civic action
Publication Research

Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility: The Past, Present and Future Values of Participatory Design

Becker, C., Light, A., Frauenberger, C., Walker, D., Palacin, V., Ahmed, S. I., ... & Nemer, D. (2020, June). Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility: The Past, Present and Future Values of Participatory Design. In Proceedings of the 16th Participatory Design Conference 2020-Participation (s) Otherwise-Volume 2 (pp. 181-184).

Academic Paper, June 2020
in Civic Media
#civic media #social science #social change +1 more
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Kicks x Cliques

Leveraging sneaker culture to influence civic engagement. Marginalized groups have influence on digital platforms but are often unhear…

in Viral Communications
Britney Johnson
#fashion #health #social media +3 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

Let's play: Waste at MIT

Let's play: Waste at MIT is a game about trash; it’s also a game about understanding civic infrastructure. This project explores the use of…

in Viral Communications
Agnes Cameron
#civic technology #gaming #civic action
Archived
Article Research

How Delhi Crime gave audiences a chance to reimagine the police force

Richie Mehta’s show balances negative media narratives of the Indian police & catalyses empathetic conversations on their working conditions

via Film Companion · May 6, 2019
in Civic Media
#entertainment #social change #civic action
Project Research

Data for Refugees

Data for refugees is a big data challenge whereby Turk Telekom opens a large dataset of anonymized mobile phone records to research groups …

in Human Dynamics
Michiel Bakker · Alfredo Morales-Guzman +4 more
#social science #civic action #data science
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votoMosaic

A tapestry where each pixel represents a pledge by an individual to vote. Anyone can participate and watch the growing and changing image t…

in Viral Communications
Andrew Lippman · Kallirroi Retzepi
#civic media #data visualization #civic action
Archived
Article Research

Supposedly ‘fair’ algorithms can perpetuate discrimination

"We must provide a mechanism for civil society to be informed and engaged in the way in which algorithms are used."

via Wired · Feb. 5, 2019
in Director's Office
#social change #industry #civic action +1 more
Article Research

Defense of Amazon's face recognition tool undermined by its only known police client

So far Amazon’s frontline defense against advocates and academics has been: Researchers are setting the search parameters incorrectly.

via Gizmodo · Jan. 31, 2019
in Civic Media
#civic technology #civic action

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