Design Patterns for civic empowerment

A joint workshop of the Pattern Language Network, the Public Sphere Project, and PRADSA network

Date: 17th March, 2009 Location: London Knowledge Lab Registration: http://socialactionpatterns.eventbrite.com/ Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/Planet-CivicEmp This page: http://purl.org/planet/Groups.SocialAction/

Overview

For the last seven years, the public sphere project has been developing the Liberating Voices pattern language, which aims to help people think about, design, develop, manage and use information and communication systems that more fully meet human needs now — and in the future. Each pattern in this language, when complete, will represent an important insight that will help contribute to a communication revolution.
A book that contains the first version of the Liberating Voices pattern language is now available from MIT Press.
To celebrate the release of this book, we will be running a pattern workshop on the theme of civic empowerment and social action. This workshop will follow the methodology developed by the Planet project, and refined through a long series of events.

This workshop will bring together social and technology activists to explore the opportunities and challenges that participatory media bring to social action and civic empowerment. It will provide participants an invaluable opportunity to share their experiences and collaboratively reflect on them, highlighting common problems and possible solutions.

Agenda

Participating

If you wish to participate in this workshop, please:

• register for the workshop
• register on this site
• contribute a case story, design pattern or scenario

Book Launch: Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution

The workshop will be followed by a public book launch, later that evening at the same venue. Details to be announced.