As I mentioned in an earlier post, we not only have immeasurable amounts of information available about the human experience in the planet, but are generating much more than we can possibly digest. The suggestive term “digital exhaust” is a common description of that phenomenon in today’s academic literature. […]
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Civic Mapping or, in other words, mapping information for civic engagement, has taken quite an interesting turn in the last few years. Technology has become more accessible and data more available, but the essential difference is that there is a growing interest in using maps to display information. Maps […]
It is important to debate digital inclusion because having access to the digital world opens virtually infinite possibilities for humans to question, build and eventually change their reality. The digital society has brought humanity together more than any other invention in human kind. Providing equal access to all humans is […]
My name is Luis Capelo (http://www.luiscapelo.info/) and as a Master in Public Policy focusing on Science and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School, Intro to Civic Media could not be more stimulating – and challenging. My framework of analysis has been crafted to think of innovation, technology and development […]