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Forward is a location-based mobile game that helps players leverage their existing talents and interests to support issues they care about, improve their understanding of civic processes, and bolster the whole community’s participation in local democracy. Targeted at Millennials and teens, Forward supports bottom-up crowdsourcing of place-based art, media, and data to support local nonprofits and advocacy groups. The game …
For my Master’s Thesis, I explored digital organizing tools and activists practices in central Wisconsin with a focus on leveraging the principles of educational game design to support civic learning and engagement. For this work I: • Conducted 32 interviews with city staff, nonprofits, and youth throughout the state of Wisconsin • Conducted 4 focus groups throughout Wisconsin • Designed …
Introduction My work this summer can, in many ways, be summarized by this insightful quote by climate activist Naomi Klein: “Part of our work now – a key part – is not just resistance, not just saying ‘no.’ We have to do that, of course, but we also have to fiercely protect some space to dream and plan for a …
Final paper on the development of the Community Futures Game concept in CMS.842. Read it here: CommuityFuturesGame_FinalDesignPaper842
Developed by the design company Periscopic in collaboration with the Economic Policy Institute and economist Robert Reich,[i] Inequality.Is is an interactive documentary (i-doc) that pairs playful animations, interactive graphs and videos with personalized information to present an exceptionally approachable, lucid, and engaging argument. Inequlaity.Is was originally released in June 2013 as a companion to the documentary Inequality for All, which …
