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 …
Community Futures Game Installations
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 …
Experiments in Participatory Futurism with the Community Futures Board Game
Final paper on the development of the Community Futures Game concept in CMS.842. Read it here: CommuityFuturesGame_FinalDesignPaper842