third places and city 2.0
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Third Places & City 2.0
@fredgarnett #oosEU Pula 28th April 2016
Third Place & City 2.0
Third PlaceSome (British) HistoryThe Origin of SpacesCity 2.0… #CityZens@FredGarnett FRSA LKL; Social ImprovLBL Citizens Connect 1997-99 UK Govt 00-08; DfE, OFCOM DCMS
Previously on @fredgarnett we saw…
Designing Participatory Smart Cities
Some (British) History
In London Covent Garden was the first Square
In 1971 property development was planned
But residents objected, occupied, changed
Leaving the Covent Garden of today
Tourist Attraction, heart of the West End
In 1992 Deptford Creek faced Regeneration
But residents objected, occupied, changed
Instead of a high-end Marina
We kept the Creek tidal & an open public space
Creekside Centre Sustainable build…
Used in Olympics 2012 build (IOC standard)
Urban Ecology rools OK!
Crofton Fields (Riverways project)
Recently celebrated on BBC TV Culture Show
For Art Walks (SLAW) & cultural regeneration
Social action
Cultural regeneration
Property speculation
The Third Place
Third Place & City 2.0
The Third Place or…
How to build community in #digital society
1st PlaceHome
2nd PlaceWork
3rd PlaceCommunity
Building Community @ROJC
Through Participatory Governance
The Third Place (Oldenburg -1)
http://en.wikipedia/oldenburg
Characteristics of the Third Place•Free or cheap•Provides food or drink• It is accessible or proximate to users•Regular members•Has friends both old and new•Welcoming and comfortable place
(Shared) Purpose & Value matter &
The Third Place (Oldenburg -2)
http://en.wikipedia/oldenburg
Key features of a Third Place
Neutral Ground (not owned/restricted)Leveler (non-hierarchical)Accessible to all (low barriers to entry)A place for conversation (dialogical)
A public space for social mixing – potentially transformative
The Third Place #Digital parallels 1
Social Networks and Internet Connectivity
Social Networks (Haythornthwaite 2011)Key digital analogy to a Third Place…… which comprise…Strong Ties (friends / regulars)Weak Ties (strangers / newbies)Innovation emerges from a sweet spot mix (“i”) of strong & weak ties.
Third Places, in offering community, also enable creative change…
The Third Place #Digital parallels 2Natural History of InnovationAdjacent Platforms (Steven Johnson)Enable;•Slow Hunches (3rd place memory)•Adaptable Networks•Exaptation (“moving criteria across
contexts”)•Generative Innovations (Proboscis)…
Third Places mashup the strange & the familiar… the new emerges…http://proboscis.org.uk/2612/enabling-consequences-by-fred-garnett/
JISC RSC Northwest
Learner Modelling (see handout)“Goal-seeking” motivated learnersAnimateurs as “Trusted Intermediaries” provide “timely interventions”Animateur build learning communities & mentorsLearners respond to social needsAnimateurs suggests resources (from links page)
Model linking dynamic Third Places to participatory Web 2.0
The Community is the Curriculum;People want “community
development”
Digitale Integration (Germany)
Community Development Model of LearningAttractor Stage;Open, welcoming Locations, Learners follow interestsSelf-supporting “learning community”Engagement Stage;Timely Interventions, Goal Articulation, DiscussionCounselling and CoursesNeeds “Trusted Intermediaries”
Some (European) History
Third Place & City 2.0
Some (EU/GB) 3rd Place History
In Our Time – The Medieval University
1150 University of Paris chartered (for communities of scholars)1300 Inns & Inns of Court (lawyers)1350 Middle Temple (Knights Templar)1649 Diggers Commune (not enclosed)1660 Coffee Shops; RS/A, Lloyds, Banks1689 Pubs; Trade Unions, Music VenuesThird Places; all historically “liminal”
change emerges from the far & near
Some (EU/GB) 3rd Place History
Platonic Academy
1150 University of Paris chartered (for communities of scholars)Before Universities were self-organised “communities of scholars” So collaboration precedes institutions(Plato’s Academy had no “content” it was learning conversations) Third Places which became institutions
& grew out of self-organised learning
The Origin of Spaces #oosEU
Third Place & City 2.0
“from action to process”
#oosEUBilbao
Local Partnerships#oosEUlp
Darwin Eco-Système
BordeauxEcological Transitions#oosEUet
MultidisciplinaryCoWorking#oosEUmc
ParticipatoryGovernance#oosEUpg
Place LadywellLewishamSocial Enterprise#oosEUse
RojcPULA
The Origin of Spaces #oosEUZAWP – BilbaoRolling process of hyper-local partnerships, permanently debating w/the council “from action to process” #CityZensLX Factory – LisboaHyper-cool Coworking hub, designing in a social mix. “Hoxton in a factory” a “post-welfare state” solutionROJC – Pula Rebuilding Civil Society (post Civil-War) through NGOsDarwin – Bordeaux Ecological transitions to a sustainable green economyCapture Arts – LewishamSocial Enterprise> Creative organisation> Cultural regeneration
Co-creating Coworking Spaces
The Origin of Spaces #oosEUHow Can We Create New Third Places where;1. Social-entrepreneurs create new socially useful
enterprises (& what does that mean?)2. Multidisciplinary CoWorking enable the
creation of new mashups aligned to our work interests
3. Ecological transition to a sustainable economy4. Where Local Partnerships are proactive and help
shape local agendas with communities5. So that we can Rebuild Civil Society for all…
New Third Places & Contexts generated by self-organised Citizen Actions…
Hello Universitatae Alternativa!
CROS Bucharest
Third Place Learning Co-operative
CROS Bucharest
City 2.0 (beyond the #smartcity)
Third Place & City 2.0
Participatory City Futures
So, how do we engage with this social change process as it affects us day-by-day?How do we frame our thoughts on the kind of places we want to live in?Web 2.0 holds potential for participation But existing organisations want more of the same (same as <the past only more intense)Transition Cities or privatised Municipalities?
City 2.0?
Third Place & City 2.0
What is City 2.0?
What is Web 2.0
What is Web 2.0?1969 DarpaNet (connecting computers)1975 Internet (network of networks)1994 The Web (net transfer/sharing)2002 Web2.0 (the participatory web)2021 Kondratieff (long-wave cycle ends)Web 2.0 enables (any user) to participate in new social networks… …new forms of social Third Place
So web 2.0 allows users to shape tech-use
Permanent beta, architectures of participation
“Technology is the essence of politics”
But are we e-enabling or transforming?
What is City 2.0?
Arguably in tech-enabled change; Change is socially dialogical
rather than intellectually dialectical
It comes from users modifying designers’ original intentions
Web 2.0 & Context shaping
If web 2.0 with user-generated content & participative qualities Allows for “context-shaping” Can we design a development framework That allows us to shape learning contexts? City Contexts?
Participatory Curation
Learner-Generated Context Research Group interested in;
”Problematising the context space & inventing new
solutions”Creating Development Frameworks, new tools &
extra-institutional structuring…
Ambient Learning City
Being “insanely ambitious”We decided to investigate howA multiple-context Ambient Learning City might workWe had Emergent Learning ModelA “legitimising” Design Framework
Emergent Learning Model
What is City 2.0?
http://en.wikipedia/City2.0
What is City 2.0?“…involves the Public Realm, the commons, sharing goods and services as well as infrastructure…”“…Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody”Participatory City 2.0…
Participatory City Futures
On the design side we need…Development Frameworks to help the dialogical design of The city we choose to live in! Both for
Network Society & City 2.0 or…
CityZens Context EngineeringDevelopment Framework for Network Society
Context Engineering the Participatory CityMunicipality Smart
CityParticipatory City 2.0
City City Hall Real-time City Hall
Distributed City Hall
Institution Bricks & Mortar
Clicks & Mortar
ParticipatoryManagement
Street Tarmac Wifi/Digital Citizen-generated Contexts
Strategy Urban Plan Urban Vision
Collaborative Vision
Conclusion; interesting city spaces come -
from sustained collaborative citizen action
Social action
Cultural regeneration
Property speculation
Conclusion; interesting city spaces come from
1. CityZen action creates diverse city spaces 2. Web 2.0 allows dialogical user choices3. Social change needs new framing devices4. We can shape the contexts we live in5. Mashups maketh new – we need dialogical development frameworks that are CityZens-centric 6. Collaborative Visioning…
Conclusion; What Would Bowie DO?
Building Citizen-Generated Contexts Creatively
We could be CityZens
Designing Participatory Smart Cities
Some Resources&LinksUnsmart Cities blogThe City in History – Lewis MumfordDeptford Creekside CentreWhat is Web 2.0?Open Context Model of LearningEmergent Learning ModelAmbient Learning CityAggregate then CurateEverything is a MetaphorSocial Cities of TomorrowWhere Good Ideas come fromEnabling ConsequencesAgainst the Smart City
Third Places & City 2.0
@fredgarnett #oosEU Pula 28th April 2016