reconstructing community spaces "athlone living lab"
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This presentation introduces the Athlone Living Lab as a mechanism for social and services innovation. It was presented at the SAFIPA 2009 Conference.TRANSCRIPT
By Marlon & René Parker
Reconstructing Community Spaces “Athlone Living Lab”
TENSION
Substance Abuse
Depression HIV/AIDS
TENSION
Abuse
Teenage pregnancy
Stress
Suicide
Debt
Gangsterism
Reconstructing Communities in Tension
Government Academia
Industry
Community
Innovation Partnerships
CommunityChampions
Workshops
Presentations
Site visits Development Space
Interaction Space
Open Forums
NGO Partners
Work Groups Steering Committee
Academia
Interaction Space
Networks
Research
Internships
Research Visits
International Collaborations
Work Groups
Incubation Space
MOU
Government
Industry
Endorsements
Steering Committee
Services
Work Groups
Incubation Space
Agreements
Contract Research
Agencies
Internships
Project FocusRole of Innovative ICT Solutions to facilitate:
– care of citizens (social impact)– dissemination of information, e.g., to inform
citizens about the problems, their consequences and preventative mechanisms;
– education of citizens, e.g., train citizens specific skills etc.
– Enterprise Development
Care Inform Educate
Innovation
Empowerment
Enterprise
Research
Interaction Space
UniversityCommunity
Incubation Innovation
Space
Community Development
Space
Socio-Techno “Bridge”
Athlone Living Lab (ALL)
“A reconstructing interaction space for collaborative design, creation,
dissemination and application of knowledge for empowerment, upliftment
and development of people and communities in or headed for tension
through the use of innovative ICT solutions.”
Stakeholders NetworkAcademia
CPUTUWC – FSIUUCTStellenbosch UniversityUniversity ofSouthampton (UK)Malmö University (Sweden)Kuopio University (Finland)University of PretoriaNMMU
CommunityImpact DirectBridgetown CivicAthlone Youth andFamily Centre Athlone SAPSAthlone Schools Network
Industry
LLiSA MXit Lifestyle NetSquared COFISA
PodCART Cell-Life Afrivate Tabeisa
JJeRR RSAWeb CCSLA DELL SA-DF
Government
City of Cape Town
Dept. Social Development
Em
bedding in ALL
Critical mass of usersLow
High
High
Service fully funded
Self sustaining service
Fully funded pilot/demo Endorsed service
ALL product/service portfolio
Em
bedding in ALL
Critical mass of usersLow
High
High
Angel Service
Advice Support
ALL 0.1
Mom 2.0
CAS
The Reconstructed
ALL product/service portfolio
PAS
DAS
Self sustaining service
Endorsed serviceFully funded pilot/demo
Service fully funded
MedBxHBCC
DB
Em
bedding in ALL
Critical mass of usersLow
High
High
Angel Service
Advice Support
ALL 0.1
Mom 2.0
CAS
The Reconstructed
ALL product/service portfolio
PAS
Collaboration Expansion
DAS
Increase user base
Include Commercial Targets
Self sustaining service
Endorsed serviceFully funded pilot/demo
Service fully funded
MedBxHBCC
DB
“It is touching to see District Six people coming back and
benefiting from the very institution that was initially intended to
showcase that they will never come back…”
Prof. Mikko Korpela,
Finland - 2004
Thank You
www.all.org.za / www.marlonparker.co.za
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Marlon Parker / Rene Parker
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