Digital Participation Through Social Living Labs : Valuing Local Knowledge, Enhancing Engagement.

Front Cover -- Digital Participation Through Social Living Labs -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Living Labs Pioneer the Socio-Ecological Transitioning that Society Needs -- References -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Social Living Labs for Digital Participation and Connected Learning -- Digital Inclusion and Social Mobility -- Digital Inclusion, Public Libraries, and Policy Discrepancies -- From Living Labs to Social Living Labs -- Creative Spaces, Connected Learning, and Innovation Ecologies -- Conclusion: Social Living Labs as Digital Learning Ecologies -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 Cultivating (Digital) Capacities: A Role for Social Living Labs? -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing Digital Technology Access and Use: A Brief History -- Towards a Concept of Capacities for Digital Society -- A Role for Social Living Labs? -- Conclusion: Thinking the Digital Differently in Social Living Labs -- References -- Further Reading -- 3 Digital Participation Through Artistic Interventions -- Introduction -- Summary of Projects -- Schools Participation Across the Dark Forest and a Conversation Between Trees -- Interpreting Data as Digital Participation -- Visitor Participation in the Exhibition of A Conversation Between Trees -- Technology Research as a Lived Experience -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Going Digital: Integrating Digital Technologies in Local Community Initiatives -- Introduction -- Background -- Local Community Initiatives and Community Resilience -- Digital Technologies for Collective Action -- Settings and Research Methods -- iGirls -- Springboard -- The iGirls Programme -- The Bristol Pound -- Aims, Features and Rules of Use -- Research Methods -- iGirls -- Bristol Pound -- Findings -- Considerations of Fit and Compatibility With Values.

Building and Sustaining Community Cohesion -- Maintaining Trust -- Negotiating Constraints and Possibilities Arising From Embeddedness -- Discussion -- Collective Identity Work and Technology Adoption -- Extra-Community Infrastructure and Community Resilience -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The School as a Living Lab - The Case of Kaospilot -- Introduction -- Living Lab -- Methodology -- Kaospilot -- A Brief History -- A Brief Status Report -- Programme -- Philosophy -- Pedagogy -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- 6 Mixhaus: Dissolving Boundaries With a Community Makerspace -- Introduction -- Community Spaces and Partnerships -- Research Approach -- Initial Concept Design -- Shipping Container Fit-Out -- Planning for Mixhaus Engagement -- Crossing Boundaries -- Organizational -- Social -- Disciplinary -- Spatial -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Empowerment Through Making: Lessons for Sustaining and Scaling Community Practices -- Introduction -- Context -- Afrikaanderwijk, Rotterdam -- Schilderswijk, The Hague -- Approach -- Star(t) to Shine: A platform for empowerment -- Searching for the Right Cocreative Partnerships -- Cocreating a Plan for Empowerment -- New Dutch Makers -- Supporting Workshops to Empower Participants -- Biebboxes -- Repeatability of the Process -- Discussion -- Community Empowerment -- How to Sustain Social Impact? -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 Mapping a Connected Learning Ecology to Foster Digital Participation in Regional Communities -- Introduction -- Setting the Scene -- Connected Learning as Ecology and Pedagogy -- Research Design -- Case Study Sites and Participants -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Insights From the Three Case Study Sites -- Mapping a Connected Learning Ecology -- Suggestions for Enhancing Digital Participation and Learning.

Discussion -- Implications of the Findings -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9 Connecting Digital Participation and Informal Language Education: Home Tutors and Migrants in an Australian Regional Comm... -- Introduction -- The Context -- A Rural Area in Transition -- Skilled Migration and Settlement in Australia -- The Oakey Social Living Lab -- Participants -- Social Living Lab Methodology -- The Process -- Events and Experiences -- Discussion -- Innovation in Informal Language Education -- New Thinking on Social Living Lab Methodology -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Pittsworth Stories: Developing a Social Living Lab for Digital Participation in a Rural Australian Community -- Introduction -- Pittsworth Stories -- Pittsworth in Transition -- Pittsworth Stories for Digital Participation -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- 11 Urban Communities as Locations for Health, Media Literacy and Civic Voice -- Introduction -- Background: Understanding Health Communication, Health and Media Literacy -- Urbanity -- Mobile Clinics -- The Family Van -- Barbershop and Beauty Shop as Locations of Health Information -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Further Reading -- 12 Including the Rural Excluded: Digital Technology and Diverse Community Participation -- Introduction -- Background -- Terminology -- Diverse Types of Health Services -- Regional and Rural Context -- Traditional Partnering Methods -- Mediating Conversations Through New Technologies -- Websites -- Internet Forums -- Blogs -- Social Media -- Mobile Apps -- Crowdsourcing -- Digital Stories -- Digital Stories and Housebound People -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- Further Reading -- 13 Digital Storytelling for Community Participation: The Storyelling Social Living Lab -- Storyelling: A Social Living Lab.

Work With Residents to Define Digital Literacy Needs and Interests -- Implement a Series of Social Living Lab Experiences -- Provide Short-Term Support for Emerging Social Living Labs -- The Storyelling Website -- Creating the Storytelling Aesthetic and Style -- Recorded Interviews -- Photostory -- Reflecting on Storyelling -- New Repertoires of Skills, Knowledge and Practices -- Need for Intensive Focus and Local Connections -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- 14 From the Inside: An Interview With the 'Storyelling.' Group* -- Introduction -- How the Storyelling Group Came Together -- Developing Digital Storytelling Skills -- Challenges Faced by the Storyelling Group -- The Evolution of the Storyelling Project -- Storyelling Methods and Styles -- Benefits of the Living Lab Approach -- Developing Digital Skills -- Lessons Learned -- Keeping It Local -- Applying New Skills to Future Projects -- Storyelling Futures -- Summary and Conclusion -- Reference -- 15 Vancouver Youthspaces: A Political Economy of Digital Learning Communities -- Alternative Youth Media in Vancouver -- A Precarious Incubator of Creative Expression -- Structural Burdens in the Cultural Economy -- Project-Based Funding -- Specialization as Governance -- Fundraising and Structural Disadvantage -- A Policy Crutch? -- Social Enterprise and Unpaid Labour -- Audit Culture and Normalized Conduct -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Further Reading -- 16 Policy Experiments and the Digital Divide: Understanding the Context of Internet Adoption in Remote Aboriginal Communities -- The Digital Divide in Remote Australia: Policies and Assumptions -- The Home Internet Project Trial -- Findings From the Home Internet Trial -- Discussion -- Conclusion and Future Directions -- Acknowledgements -- References.

17 Effective Digital Participation: Differences in Rural and Urban Areas and Ways Forward -- Digital Access, Participation and Skills -- Methodology -- Cork Profile -- Survey Design and Implementation -- Results and Discussions -- Access -- Participation -- Skills -- Conclusion and the Ways Forward -- References -- Further Reading -- 18 Gateways to Digital Participation: The Rhetorical Function of Local Government Websites -- Extraurbia, Flows and Spaces -- Functions, Flows and e-Government -- Rhetoric and Function of Two Websites -- City of Wyndham -- North Lakes - Mango Hill -- Flows and Rhetorical Practices of the Websites -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover.

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