Chapter 10: Smart engagement for smart cities: Design patterns for digitally augmented, situated community engagement

Callum Parkera; Martin Tomitscha,b; Joel Fredericksa    a Design Lab, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australiab CAFA Beijing Visual Art Innovation Institute, China

Abstract

Public digital technologies are increasingly pervading cities around the world, creating a new phenomenon of “urban spamming,” which exposes urban dwellers to vast amounts of commercial advertising and other forms of digital content. Over the years a large body of work has focused on how these technologies can be harnessed to engage urban dwellers in local issues and to give them a platform to share ...

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