1.Hacking for positive social changeTechno-PoliticsWydzia Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej, 2013.11.12

2. Seminar Objectives Techno-Politics: hacking for positive social change 1.- How can we use informatics to improve our cities and our democratic systems? 2.- Why it is interesting for the Jagiellonian University to get involved in this area? 3. Outline 1. The context for Techno-Politics2. Techno-Politics as a Research Domain 3. Why do Techno-Politics?4. Discussion 4. Researcher profile Krakw (PL)Education: 93-98 Universidad Complutense MSc. Computer ScienceSolol (GT)Alcal / MadridTbingen (DE) Barcelona96-00: Universidad de Alcal Bach. Business Admin. (Hons) 00-02: Univ. Autnoma de Madrid ~ 1st Degree Bach. Philosophy 02-04: Univ. Oberta de Catalunya Master Sociology of Information Society 07-12: Universidad de Alcal PhD. Computer Science (e-Democracy)Foreign stays:Fortaleza (BR)Work experience: 00-06: Hewlett-Packard (DE) Technical Lead Develop. Team02-03: Universitt Tbingen (DE) 05: Universidade Estadual do Cear (BR)05: Prefeitura Fortaleza (BR)07: Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DE)06-12: Asoc. KyoPol (ES)11: Uniwersytet Jagielloski (PL)09-10: Mun. Solol (GT) 08-10: NGO Lagun Artean 5. Outline 1. The context for Techno-Politics2. Techno-Politics as a Research Domain 3. Why do Techno-Politics?4. Discussion 6. Troubled Democracies 527.443 56.125 47.929Real Democracy NOW! 7. Troubled Democracies 46,14% +22,03%2001-2011 Parl. elections Average (valid votes / voting age population (valid votes / voting age population) 8. What is democracy? President Lincoln1863 - Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people Democracy is the government of the people, by (some) people and for the (benefit of some) people Douglas NorthExtractive Institutions & Democratic developmentInstitutional ChangeGOVERNING ELITESGOVERNING ELITESGOVERNING ELITESSOCIETYSOCIETYSOCIETYAcemoglu & Robinson 9. Democratic Rhetoric & Reality Claims of democracyIdeal of influence in liberal democraciesReality of influence in liberal democracies 10. The reality of Civic engagementDave Meslin, TED Toronto, 2010.10 The antidote to apathy 11. The reality of Civic engagement Incompatibilities- Political - Legal - Cultural - Socioeconomic - OrganizationalIntrinsic Problems Complex Expensive Non-representative Non-inclusive Less informed Conflict prone Non-deliberative Difficult to scale ...Vicious Cycle of Participation Extrinsic Problems Motivation =f (effort, usefulness)Arbitrary Manipulability Risk of capture Irrelevant subjects Non-effective Not self-sustainable Inefficient Civic exhaustion ... Administrative Monopoly of participation 12. Can we improve democracy? Vicious Cycle of ParticipationVirtuous Circle of Techno-participation Long Tail?modelsPeer-to-peer recognitionCognitive Surplus Reduction in power and knowledge assimetriesMotivation = f (effort, usefulness)Reduction cost of collective action Change in expectations 13. Can we improve democracy?Ashwin Mahesh, So Paulo, 2013.06 Urban Development Challenges and University 14. Outline 1. The context for Techno-Politics2. Techno-Politics as a Research Domain 3. Why do Techno-Politics?4. Discussion 15. What is techno-politics? The tactical and strategic practice of designing and/or using technological devices to constitute, embody, or enact political goals, especially by means of organizing, communicating and producing collective actions (Hecht 1998, Arnau, 2013) 16. What is techno-politics? 1.- Analytical approach 17. What is techno-politics? 2.- Creative approach Objective: Devise methodologies for the collaborative design, construction and operation of techno-participation systems which are adapted to the interests, needs and skills of social and political actors involved in (local) governance. Provisional conclusions What for?Requires a trans-disciplinary, holistic andcritical perspective. Projects designs and their evaluationWhy? What? Who?strategies need to be closely linked withHow?their context of application. Techno-participation systems need to be created using Agile, participatory, iterative and user-centric development models.Where? When? 18. Understanding Techno-Participation Democratic InstitutionsCitizensTechnology 19. What a messy research domain! InformaticsIssues: Silos & Interdisciplinary failuresPolitical ScienceDevelopment StudiesPublic Policy Social MovementsTechno-ParticipationParticipationWeb ScienceCommunity InformaticsCSCW Social MachinesParticipatory Design Software Development ModelsSoftware EngineeringHCI 20. What a messy research domain! AcademiaIssues:Practitioners Silos & Interdisciplinary failures Trans-disciplinary failures Focus: Power:Context 21. Software engineering a. Development models, techniques, tools: (Boehm 1986, Dennis et al. 2005) Objectives Prototypes Validation Iterative process 22. Software engineering b. Empirical methods for software engineering research: (Myers & Avison 2002; Easterbrook et al. 2007; Cruz Neto 2008) Controlled experiments Case studies Ethnographies Action research Grounded TheoryTechnoparticipation Survey researchc. People-Centered Design: (Sanders et al. 2010) 23. Community Informatics From User-centric to Communitycentric design Communities as lead users Digital habitats Tools for communities Methods for Software development (Wenger et al. 2009, De Cindio et al. 2007, 2012, Brandtzg et al. 2010, People 2012) 24. Social MachinesMore machinescyberinfrastructure Semantic GridBig Data Big ComputeSocial The Future! MachinesConventional ComputationSocial NetworkingMore peopleOnline R&D Science 2.0 25. Social Machines 26. Social MachinesSir Berners-Lee, 2013.10 27. Outline 1. The context for Techno-Politics2. Techno-Politics as a Research Domain 3. Why do Techno-Politics?4. Discussion 28. Why do Techno-Politics? 1. Intrinsic motivation - Contributing to positive social change - Fulfilling special role of universities 29. Failures, failures, failures I. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION +C (an) - W (ant) - k (now)IV. HACKERS & BUSINESS +w -k+k -cII. ACADEMIA +c -k -wIII. CIVIL SOC. +W +k-s -c 30. Why do Techno-Politics? 1. Intrinsic motivation - Contributing to positive social change - Fulfilling special role of universities2. Meaningful for students - They could be involved in useful projects (eg: Code for America)3. There will be funding - eGovernance - Social Machines/CAPs- Smart Cities Smart Citizens - Open Government 31. Open Government & Open Data 2009.01.21: Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government Government should be TRANSPARENT Government should be PARTICIPATORY Government should be COLLABORATIVECollaborationParticipationTransparency 32. Open Government & Open Data 33. Open Government & Open Data 34. Why do Techno-Politics? 1. Intrinsic motivation - Contributing to positive social change - Fulfilling special role of universities2. Meaningful for students - They could be involved in useful projects (eg: Code for America)3. There will be funding - eGovernance, Social Machines/CAPs, Open Government, Smart Cities Smart Citizens4. Synergies with current areas - Game technologies Gamification, Smart Cities, Web Development 35. Outline 1. The context for Techno-Politics2. Techno-Politics as a Research Domain 3. Why do Techno-Politics?4. DiscussionDzikuje bardzo!!