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Agorà 2.0: designing hybrid communities

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Emilia Louisa Pucci,

Ingrid MulderAuthors Info & Claims

C&T '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

Pages 16 - 25

https://doi.org/10.1145/2482991.2482997

Published: 29 June 2013 Publication History

Abstract

The current work envisions Agorà 2.0 as a conceptual framework for designing hybrid communities inspired by the values of the ancient Greek agorà as well as those of Web 2.0. We report a research-through-design study of a digital social network extended with a wearable ubiquitous device aiming at augmenting social bonding in contemporary cities. Various research and design iterations as well as the resulting prototypes are described and reflected upon. The elaborated Agorà 2.0 paradigm seems to be helpful for incorporating citizens in future (co-)design of cohesive environments.

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Avram G(2018)This Is Our City! Urban Communities Re-appropriating Their CityThe Hackable City10.1007/978-981-13-2694-3_7(129-151)Online publication date: 6-Dec-2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2694-3_7
Lu DFarzan RLopez CSchuler DLewkowicz MRohde MMulder I(2017)To Go or not to Go!Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Communities and Technologies10.1145/3083671.3083693(159-168)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3083671.3083693
Frankjaer TGilgen D(2014)Wearable Networks, Creating Hybrid Spaces with Soft CircuitsProceedings of the Third International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Diverse Interaction Platforms and Environments - Volume 851810.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_40(435-445)Online publication date: 22-Jun-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_40

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Agorà 2.0: designing hybrid communities
1. Human-centered computing

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C&T '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

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ISBN:9781450321044

DOI:10.1145/2482991

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Avram G(2018)This Is Our City! Urban Communities Re-appropriating Their CityThe Hackable City10.1007/978-981-13-2694-3_7(129-151)Online publication date: 6-Dec-2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2694-3_7
Lu DFarzan RLopez CSchuler DLewkowicz MRohde MMulder I(2017)To Go or not to Go!Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Communities and Technologies10.1145/3083671.3083693(159-168)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3083671.3083693
Frankjaer TGilgen D(2014)Wearable Networks, Creating Hybrid Spaces with Soft CircuitsProceedings of the Third International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Diverse Interaction Platforms and Environments - Volume 851810.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_40(435-445)Online publication date: 22-Jun-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_40

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