Digital Civics Case Studies
The Centre for Doctoral Training builds on an existing programme of research in Digital Civics at Newcastle University.
PosterVote.
Expanding the Action Repertoire for Local Political Activism.
We explored the suitability of a low-cost and sustainable situated e-voting system to promote social action and supporting different levels of participation in local democratic practices.
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PosterVote.
Expanding the Action Repertoire for Local Political Activism.
We explored the suitability of a low-cost and sustainable situated e-voting system to promote social action and supporting different levels of participation in local democratic practices.
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CineHack: Cape Town.
Increasing participation by enabling low-budget, high-quality filmmaking by non-professionals.
Cinehack supports amateur communities to promote themselves using professional quality video. In Cinehack Cape Town we worked with aspiring hip-hop artists to develop low-budget filmmaking technology promoting their music practices.
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CineHack: Cape Town.
Micro-budget filmmaking with musicians.
This project involved developing low-budget filmmaking technology with hip-hop artists, with the goal of developing technologies that empower communities of practice to make high-quality films.
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Experience Design Theatre.
Designing future community care schemes through live theatre.
This project developed an innovative method that used live theatre as a way of collaborative designing a new care scheme with groups of potential service users.
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Experience Design Theatre.
Designing future community care schemes through live theatre.
This project developed an innovative method that used live theatre as a way of collaborative designing a new care scheme with groups of potential service users.
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Bootlegger.
Leveraging audience participation to support professional quality event coverage.
Bootlegger enables non-professional musicians to promote their work by enabling their fans to participate as video crew and develop professional quality video coverage of live events.
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Bootlegger.
Leveraging audience participation to support professional quality event coverage.
Bootlegger enables non-professional musicians to promote their work by enabling their fans to participate as video crew and develop professional quality video coverage of live events.
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DIY Assistive Technology.
Designing tools to support people in making and adapting AT.
We explored how new fabrication technologies can be used to support people with disabilities and their families, friends and caregivers in creating Do-It-Yourself Assistive Technology.
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DIY Assistive Technology.
Designing tools to support people in making and adapting AT.
We explored how new fabrication technologies can be used to support people with disabilities and their families, friends and caregivers in creating Do-It-Yourself Assistive Technology.
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Crowdsourcing Intelligibility.
Assessment and monitoring of speech intelligibility through the power of the crowd.
This project explores a novel approach for assessing and monitoring levels of speech intelligibility in people with Parkinson’s by employing crowdsourcing techniques to represent a non-expert listener population.
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Crowdsourcing Intelligibility.
Assessment and monitoring of speech intelligibility through the power of the crowd.
This project explores a novel approach for assessing and monitoring levels of speech intelligibility in people with Parkinson’s by employing crowdsourcing techniques to represent a non-expert listener population.
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