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Clips: "I understand a public space as an area or place that is open and accessible to all citizens without discriminations; Nowadays public spaces have their digital counterparts where people gather, share, and engage with each other and their environment." "The integration of computing, sensing, and actuation technologies in everyday urban settings and lifestyles is transforming contemporary public spaces. The ubiquitous technologies (e.g. mobile phone, RFID, sensors) that afford us new flexibility in experiencing public spaces are simultaneously providing the means to reveal our dynamics through the collection, classification, storage, and dissemination of recorded knowledge constituting a city. However contemporary public spaces are not only about technology, they are also about interaction designs, about taking into account the wider context of organization, systems and people, and even legal and political contexts, belief systems and social and cultural fabric."
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Gary Shank, in a long and really interesting post – err story – shares how "zoos are remarkable laboratories for identity. Not only do people feel free to identify with animals, they also feel free to experiment with their own identities" and how good researchers really find the story within the chaos. Here's a clip: "Happily ever after:
As this lesson comes to an end, we return finally to the five young teenage boys who are cooing and fussing over the pygmy marmosets. I am still watching from the shadows, but this time I am not alone. There, looking over my left shoulder, is Trickster. And he is smiling his little smile.
The Simple Point:
Story confers identity.
The Judgment:
Good researchers try to get the story right.
Great researchers find the story inside the chaos.
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