Reading Recommendations for Graduate Class on Public Participation Tools

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Chris Steins

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Aug 18, 2010, 12:28:17 AM8/18/10
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Colleagues,

In the fall, I'll be teaching a graduate-level class at USC's School
of Policy, Planning & Development, "Top 10 Technologies for Public
Participation in Planning and Policy Development."

Although I have a rich set of readings on many technology topics, I
don't have any good readings on a couple topics I want to cover. If
you know of any relevant (and interesting) articles on the following
topics that relate to planning, public participation or policy, would
you kindly share them with me?

- Using Mobile devices
- Email, Broadcast email
- Crowdsourcing
- RSS

Thanks in advance for your help.

Chris

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Chris Steins

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Nick Grossman

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Aug 27, 2010, 3:29:43 PM8/27/10
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Hey Chris--

I'd recommend "Mobilizing Generation 2.0" by Ben Rigby: http://www.amazon.com/Mobilizing-Generation-2-0-Practical-Technologies/dp/0470227443  Ben (CC'd) is now working on http://beextra.org and has great ideas about using mobile for engagement.

For more on crowdsourcing and mobile, I'd also ask Joe Edelman of Citizen Logistics, makers of http://groundcrew.us (also CC'd).

Nick

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Karen Fung

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Aug 27, 2010, 4:15:18 PM8/27/10
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Hi Chris,

I'm currently working on my Master's on this topic, so I'm deeply
interested in this topic as well.

In 2009 Daniel Brabham wrote an article for Planning Theory which
sketches an outline of crowdsourcing for public participation in
planning. He does a decently thorough job of outlining the challenges
and benefits.

http://plt.sagepub.com/content/8/3/242

Also, given my background in media/communication, one thing I am
constantly astonished by is how very similar concepts can go by
different names. You may find useful readings under searches for
"community informatics" or "urban informatics" though they may
approach things from an IT or communications orientation more than a
policy/planning practice one. (For instance, I believe the urban
informatics reader has a couple of case studies on mobile
applications.)

Best,

Karen Fung
Master's Candidate, University of British Columbia
Urban Design and Transportation Planning
ka...@countablyinfinite.ca

Steven Clift

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Aug 28, 2010, 12:08:20 AM8/28/10
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I you want info on using e-mail for public participation note:
http://e-democracy.org/if

And note:
http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/224


Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
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