participatory cities

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2 min – jim anderson (@JimOnCities): it feels as right as it feels radical to assert that we can take on complex social challenges by nurturing connections between people around their own creativity and energy..t

doable if we just focus on and facil daily curiosity  ie: cure ios city

rsa civic commons: current models for encouraging citizens to participate in civic life are geared around citizens influencing decision making or service delivery, rather than individually or collectively making change themselves.. but this needs to change; participation must enable citizens to take action rather than just have conversation

huge.. but actually.. allow them to have convo about what they most want to take action on (as opposed to the limited choices offered to participate/discuss – curiosity over decision making et al).. ie: 2 convers as infra

revolution of everyday life

in every city in the world we urgently need the practical tools that enable us to do something collectively..t

ie: tech as it could be.. (listening to every voice every day) in order to facil daily/local curiosity  via 2 convers as infra

what kind of activity manages to achieve this inclusive participation

curiosity  ie: cure ios city

4 min – common denominator activities: cook eat tell stories build.. offer potential to create trust we need..

let’s go deeper.. ie: maté basic needs

5 min – image/ideas looks like city sketch up

city sketch up ness

6 min – young people w/o work turning to gangs and violence

has to be sans ie: supposed to’s.. of school/work

7 min – neighborhoods in shared spaces

neighbor\hood (govt) ness

8 min – participatory cities are a major design challenge of our generation.. how to design/build the physical, tech, and social infra to enable us to co create a sustainable future ..w everyone..t

has to be everyone..or it won’t work (and why it hasn’t worked)
design/infra begs a mech that listens to everyone.. everyday..

tech as it could be.. (listening to every voice every day) in order to facil daily curiosity  via 2 convers as infra

citizens and their capabilities need to be at the epicenter of all city systems

rather than citizens.. let’s go with free people

ie: let’s do this first: free art-ists.

for (blank)’s sake…

9 min – what it does take for practical participation to work at large scale

elinor ostrom: a core goal of public policy should be to facil the development of institutions that bring out the best in humans..t

augmenting interconnectedness.. to get to the energy of 7bn alive people

mufleh humanity law: we have seen advances in every aspect of our lives except our humanity– Luma Mufleh

elinor

9 min – what we have just been describing is incredibly difficult.. we have to be convinced that we should be building our societies with the ingenuity and capability of everyone, not just w the most educated/heroic, confident

not really difficult..

actually.. we don’t even have to be convinced of that.. we just have to (all of us at once) be offered a nother way to live.. that gets at the essence of humanity.. ie: maté basic needs

10 min – leadership team in barking and dagenham and our team..

that’s the everyone everyday project

11 min – our biggest question has been.. is it possible to co create w citizens at a large scale..

yes.. if you do it ginorm small.. ie: listen to 7b voices everyday and facil that locally

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find/follow participatory city

their site: http://www.participatorycity.org/

some people on team: @TessyBritton (she’s narrating above and ceo; @ruchitpurohit (researcher); @ndefriend

everyone everyday (is group in barking and dagenham)

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from community solutions to loneliness epidemic via shareable:

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All the research says that it is the participation itself which is impactful — and that’s what we’re finding, says Nat Defriend.

actually.. participation in the thing you can’t not do.. key.. otherwise.. just spinning wheels

begs curiosity (where’s my insatiable itch today) over decision making (ie: what should i participate in)

Defriend is keen to emphasise that each of the growing legion of Every One, Every Day projects are genuine peer-to-peer collaborations. “It’s not one resident donating their time to another who needs it — which would be the charity model — and it’s not a commercial transaction, for profit,” he says. “It’s a genuinely mutual endeavor, shared between the residents. And that’s why it works.”

great.. but unless starts w/in each person .. everyday.. it won’t keep on working.. so begs a mech to listen to every voice.. first thing.. every day.. as it could be..

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