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Douglas Schuler: Will We Be Smart Enough Soon Enough? (Brisbane, 17 Nov 2010)

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By Marcus Foth, 04/11/2010 3:43 pm

Guest Seminar by Douglas Schuler

17 Nov 2010, 2pm – 3.30pm

Queensland University of Technology
Kelvin Grove Campus, S Block, S403
Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove QLD 4059, Australia

Please RSVP by 15/11/2010 to julieanne.edwards@qut.edu.au

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154584687915847

Will We Be Smart Enough Soon Enough?
Putting Civic Intelligence into Practice

Civic intelligence names a phenomenon that takes place every day but is rarely recognized for what it is. It’s a manifestation of collective intelligence that is directed towards social and environmental progress. In short, it’s focused on attaining civic ends through civic means. Civic intelligence has particular relevance to people who are involved in education and work with the people in the real world. It helps describe examples as diverse as Evergreen State College’s Sustainable Prisons Project where prisoners are engaged in biology exploration, Seattle’s all-ages music venue, the Vera Project, and the Beehive Collective where art, popular education, and political action are creatively interwoven. Civic intelligence can help us determine the relative importance of projects and help us identify directions that are most likely to be relevant and fruitful in the design of projects. One of the most important tasks facing us is asserting — and of course demonstrating — the legitimacy and effectiveness of this orientation. And, of course, this task will require that we sharpen and employ our civic intelligence.

Biography

Douglas Schuler has been focusing on the intersection of society and technology for over 25 years. He has written and co-edited several books, including Participatory Design: Principles and Practices (Erlbaum, 1994), New Community Networks: Wired for Change (Addison-Wesley, 1996), and most recently, Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (MIT Press, 2008), a multi-year undertaking (still in-work) with 85 contributors. He is president of the Public Sphere Project and former chair of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. For CPSR, Doug organized the Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing symposia series which was first convened in 1987. He is also a co-founder of the Seattle Community Network, a free, public access computer network supporting community and civic engagement that first went online in 1994. He is a member of the Faculty at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, a non-traditional liberal arts college, where he teaches programs that focus on the idea of civic intelligence. Doug has a masters degree in computer science (University of Washington) and a masters in software engineering (Seattle University). He is working on his PhD.

More information about Doug at: http://www.publicsphereproject.org/

Doug is in Australia courtesy of the QUT Urban Informatics Research Lab presenting a keynote at the Research for Action workshop on 15 Nov 2010 in conjunction with Making Links 2010, Perth, WA: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101543753238750

CfP: Research for Action – Networking University and Community for Social Responsibility

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By Marcus Foth, 02/11/2010 11:59 pm

Call for Papers

Research for Action: Networking University and Community for Social Responsibility

Special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics
Submissions close 31 March 2011

Theme

Following on from the successful workshop held in conjunction with Making Links 2010, this special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics will bring together contributions from a diverse range of disciplines to discuss how academic researchers and community practitioners and activists can work together to explore the use of information and communication technologies, social media, augmented reality, and other forms of network technologies for research and action in pursuit of social responsibility. The aim is to connect people with ideas, ideas with research projects, and harness new media to further inquiry into socially just outcomes in our communities.
Topics

Relevant topics include but are not limited to the following:

Action research
Civic intelligence
Community engagement strategies, methods and approaches
Community research partnerships for mutual advantage
Ethical considerations
Funding, managing and maintaining community-university research partnerships
Participatory design
Research impact assessment
Role of university researchers in community-based research

Organisation and Submission Details

Authors are requested to follow the instructions at http://www.ci-journal.net/. We invite the submission of conceptual or empirical (quantitative and/or qualitative) work up to 6000 words on the special issue’s theme. Deadline for completed manuscripts: 31 March 2011. Papers should follow the Author Guidelines, and be submitted online to http://www.ci-journal.net/. Acceptance notifications are sent to authors by 31 May 2011. Final revised papers are due by 30 June 2011. The special issue is scheduled for publication early 2012. Inquiries about possible topics are welcome. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to the guest editors.

Guest Editors

Professor Matthew Allen (@netcrit)
Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology
m.allen AT curtin.edu.au
Associate Professor Marcus Foth (@sunday9pm)
Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology
m.foth AT qut.edu.au
Making Links 2010 workshop archive