3 research outputs found
Freeform User Interfaces for Graphical Computing
報告番号: 甲15222 ; 学位授与年月日: 2000-03-29 ; 学位の種別: 課程博士 ; 学位の種類: 博士(工学) ; 学位記番号: 博工第4717号 ; 研究科・専攻: 工学系研究科情報工学専
Democratising data science : effective use of data by communities for civic participation, advocacy and action
PhD ThesisWe live in an age of data, where it is being collected and archived in tremendous volumes
and at great velocity. Smart cities are a good example of how we generate and use data with
the aim of improving the lives of citizens. Cities adopting more technologies and embedding
them in the physical fabric of the city will drastically change the way decisions are made in the
city, in addition to the way citizens interact with the city. Research to date has predominantly
focused on engineering agendas or has narrowly focused on citizens’ participation as passive
producers of data in the smart city. This thesis takes a more holistic approach by focusing
on both the engineering problem-solving agenda and community problem-solving activities.
Taking a participatory research approach, the thesis explores such a context through three case
studies that involve the design, development and analysis of two Community Informatics (CI)
systems. In addition to producing two open-source CI technologies (SenseMyStreet and Data:In
Place) for active citizen participation, this study posits a Citizen Advocacy Framework and
Community-Data Interaction (CDI) model as novel theoretical framings that enable researchers
to discuss and design for the effective use of data by communities. Furthermore, this thesis
provides a practical example of the use of CDI for supporting communities to take local action.
This improved understanding of the relationship between data and communities demonstrates
a better direction for future research and the design of CI technologies as they work towards
democratising data science and enabling the effective use of data by communities for active civic
participation, advocacy and action