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SUMMARY:Digital Civics
DTSTART:20151005T131500
DTEND:20151005T140000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof Patrick Olivier\nFirstly\, this is NOT a technical talk. 
 It’s a talk about a new research initiative in Digital Civics\, that we 
 are undertaking in Newcastle upon Tyne UK\, that is seeking to reframe “
 users” as “citizens” and design digital technologies with and for ci
 tizens that move away from traditional “transactional models” of local
  government to create more “relation” citizen and community oriented s
 ervices. I will be describing the history and pragmatics of this endeavor 
 by reference to our four main areas of concern: local democracy (including
  planning)\; learning\; social care and public health. To do this I will o
 utline some initial digital community services and digital technologies th
 at aim to realize relational models of local government services\, includi
 ng Feed-Finder (a community-led breast feeding advocacy service)\, App Mov
 ement (a community commissioning platform for Apps)\, Bootlegger (a commun
 ity video commission service) and PosterVote (a lightweight voting technol
 ogy for scaffolding local activism). Digital Civics is a highly cross-disc
 iplinary and action-oriented research endeavor and I will also summarize o
 ur two large-scale activities in this space: our EPSRC Centre for Doctoral
  Training in Digital Civics and our EPSRC Research Centre for Digital Civi
 cs. We are always on the lookout for collaborators\, and I would be very i
 nterested to hear people’s thoughts on the potential relevance of Digita
 l Civics to the citizens of Switzerland!\nBio: I am Professor of Human-Com
 puter Interaction in the School of Computing Science\, Newcastle Universit
 y. I founded and currently lead Open Lab\, Newcastle University's centre f
 or cross-disciplinary research in digital technologies (previously called 
 the "Digital Interaction Group" but renamed when we moved out of Culture L
 ab in May\, 2015). My particular research interests include the applicatio
 n of social and ubiquitous computing to education\, health and wellbeing\,
  as well as the development of new approaches for interaction (such as nov
 el sensing platforms and interaction techniques) and human-centred design 
 methods.
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