This document discusses the speaker's background working in cultural studies, media, and public space design over the past 15 years in various cities. It outlines some of their recent projects involving open education resources, crowdsourced bike infrastructure requests, and digital placemaking tools. The speaker discusses problems with viewing cities and nature as opposing forces and argues that innovation requires looking within problems rather than outside them. They advocate for community-centered collaboration and critique the need to consider ethics and avoid exploitation when crowdsourcing or doing public engagement work.
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APRIL 6, 2011
Daniel
Latorre
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danlatorre@pps.org
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twi4er
@danlatorre
12. My Recent Projects
≒ Teacher Share p2p Open Educational
Resources for 2.3MM K-12 teachers
≒ FixCity open crowdsourced bike rack
requests, design w/ city DOT system in mind
for full 360 feedback from request to install
≒ Instigated the #bikenyc hashtag p2p
community organizing, open back channels
≒ PPS PlaceMap Digital Placemaking beta of
tool and outreach methods; simple tests by
forking Ushahidi
20. Active habits involve thought, invention,
and initiative in applying capacities to new
aims. They are opposed to routine which
marks an arrest of growth.
- John Dewey, Democracy and Education
INNOVATION