Participatory
Publics
Lab
PPL, lead by Christopher Le Dantec, is a group of researchers, students, and community members working to define Digital Civics. We are focused on integrating design, technology, and public engagement to create the cities and communities we want to inhabit.
We are part of the Digital Media program at Georgia Tech.
Civics >>Data
A collaboration with the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Regional Commission, we designed apps that enable cyclists to record their rides and share those data with planners to more effectively design new cycling facilities in Atlanta.
Cycle Atlanta and OneBusAway: Driving innovation through the data ecosystems of civic computing. HCI International 2015
Planning with Crowdsourced Data: Rhetoric and Representation in Transportation Planning CSCW 2015
The Right Way to Make Cities Smart The Atlantic
Crowdsourcing and Its Application to Transportation Planning Transportation Research Record
Civics >>Engagement
An on-going collaboration with the City of Atlanta and community groups like the Historic Westside Cultural Arts Council to cultivate a shared community identity to re-imagine local civic engagement.
The Problem of Community Engagement: Disentangling the Practices of Municipal Government. CHI 18 Best Paper Honorable Mention
Going the Distance: Trust Work for Citizen Participation CHI 18.
Creating a Sociotechnical API: Designing City-Scale Community Engagement. CHI 17 Best Paper Honorable Mention
Atlanta’s Westside residents challenge the rules of sport mega-development Third World Thematics, 2017.
Strangers at the Gate: Gaining Access, Building Rapport, and Co-Constructing Community-Based Research CSCW 2015. Best Paper
Community Historians: Scaffolding Community Engagement through Culture and Heritage DIS 2014
Civics >>Activism
Working in collaboration with a housing justice organization, we are running participatory and speculative design workshops to explore technologies that address the specific needs activists have when managing their operations and promoting their causes.
Tap the “Make This Public” Button: A DesignBased Inquiry into Issue Advocacy and Digital Civics. CHI 17
Illegitimate Civic Participation: Supporting Community Activists on the Ground CSCW 2015 Best Paper Honorable Mention
Speculative Activist Technologies iConference 2014
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