Third Places & City 2.0

@fredgarnett #oosEU Pula 28th April 2016

Third Place & City 2.0

Third PlaceSome (British) HistoryThe Origin of SpacesCity 2.0… #CityZens@FredGarnett FRSA LKL; Social ImprovLBL Citizens Connect 1997-99 UK Govt 00-08; DfE, OFCOM DCMS

Previously on @fredgarnett we saw…

Designing Participatory Smart Cities

Some (British) History

In London Covent Garden was the first Square

In 1971 property development was planned

But residents objected, occupied, changed

Leaving the Covent Garden of today

Tourist Attraction, heart of the West End

In 1992 Deptford Creek faced Regeneration

But residents objected, occupied, changed

Instead of a high-end Marina

We kept the Creek tidal & an open public space

Creekside Centre Sustainable build…

Used in Olympics 2012 build (IOC standard)

Urban Ecology rools OK!

Crofton Fields (Riverways project)

Recently celebrated on BBC TV Culture Show

For Art Walks (SLAW) & cultural regeneration

Social action

Cultural regeneration

Property speculation

The Third Place

Third Place & City 2.0

The Third Place or…

How to build community in #digital society

1st PlaceHome

2nd PlaceWork

3rd PlaceCommunity

Building Community @ROJC

Through Participatory Governance

The Third Place (Oldenburg -1)

http://en.wikipedia/oldenburg

Characteristics of the Third Place•Free or cheap•Provides food or drink• It is accessible or proximate to users•Regular members•Has friends both old and new•Welcoming and comfortable place

(Shared) Purpose & Value matter &

The Third Place (Oldenburg -2)

http://en.wikipedia/oldenburg

Key features of a Third Place

Neutral Ground (not owned/restricted)Leveler (non-hierarchical)Accessible to all (low barriers to entry)A place for conversation (dialogical)

A public space for social mixing – potentially transformative

The Third Place #Digital parallels 1

Social Networks and Internet Connectivity

Social Networks (Haythornthwaite 2011)Key digital analogy to a Third Place…… which comprise…Strong Ties (friends / regulars)Weak Ties (strangers / newbies)Innovation emerges from a sweet spot mix (“i”) of strong & weak ties.

Third Places, in offering community, also enable creative change…

The Third Place #Digital parallels 2Natural History of InnovationAdjacent Platforms (Steven Johnson)Enable;•Slow Hunches (3rd place memory)•Adaptable Networks•Exaptation (“moving criteria across

contexts”)•Generative Innovations (Proboscis)…

Third Places mashup the strange & the familiar… the new emerges…http://proboscis.org.uk/2612/enabling-consequences-by-fred-garnett/

JISC RSC Northwest

Learner Modelling (see handout)“Goal-seeking” motivated learnersAnimateurs as “Trusted Intermediaries” provide “timely interventions”Animateur build learning communities & mentorsLearners respond to social needsAnimateurs suggests resources (from links page)

Model linking dynamic Third Places to participatory Web 2.0

The Community is the Curriculum;People want “community

development”

Digitale Integration (Germany)

Community Development Model of LearningAttractor Stage;Open, welcoming Locations, Learners follow interestsSelf-supporting “learning community”Engagement Stage;Timely Interventions, Goal Articulation, DiscussionCounselling and CoursesNeeds “Trusted Intermediaries”

Some (European) History

Third Place & City 2.0

Some (EU/GB) 3rd Place History

In Our Time – The Medieval University

1150 University of Paris chartered (for communities of scholars)1300 Inns & Inns of Court (lawyers)1350 Middle Temple (Knights Templar)1649 Diggers Commune (not enclosed)1660 Coffee Shops; RS/A, Lloyds, Banks1689 Pubs; Trade Unions, Music VenuesThird Places; all historically “liminal”

change emerges from the far & near

Some (EU/GB) 3rd Place History

Platonic Academy

1150 University of Paris chartered (for communities of scholars)Before Universities were self-organised “communities of scholars” So collaboration precedes institutions(Plato’s Academy had no “content” it was learning conversations) Third Places which became institutions

& grew out of self-organised learning

The Origin of Spaces #oosEU

Third Place & City 2.0

“from action to process”

#oosEUBilbao

Local Partnerships#oosEUlp

Darwin Eco-Système

BordeauxEcological Transitions#oosEUet

MultidisciplinaryCoWorking#oosEUmc

ParticipatoryGovernance#oosEUpg

Place LadywellLewishamSocial Enterprise#oosEUse

RojcPULA

The Origin of Spaces #oosEUZAWP – BilbaoRolling process of hyper-local partnerships, permanently debating w/the council “from action to process” #CityZensLX Factory – LisboaHyper-cool Coworking hub, designing in a social mix. “Hoxton in a factory” a “post-welfare state” solutionROJC – Pula Rebuilding Civil Society (post Civil-War) through NGOsDarwin – Bordeaux Ecological transitions to a sustainable green economyCapture Arts – LewishamSocial Enterprise> Creative organisation> Cultural regeneration

Co-creating Coworking Spaces

The Origin of Spaces #oosEUHow Can We Create New Third Places where;1. Social-entrepreneurs create new socially useful

enterprises (& what does that mean?)2. Multidisciplinary CoWorking enable the

creation of new mashups aligned to our work interests

3. Ecological transition to a sustainable economy4. Where Local Partnerships are proactive and help

shape local agendas with communities5. So that we can Rebuild Civil Society for all…

New Third Places & Contexts generated by self-organised Citizen Actions…

Hello Universitatae Alternativa!

CROS Bucharest

Third Place Learning Co-operative

CROS Bucharest

City 2.0 (beyond the #smartcity)

Third Place & City 2.0

Participatory City Futures

So, how do we engage with this social change process as it affects us day-by-day?How do we frame our thoughts on the kind of places we want to live in?Web 2.0 holds potential for participation But existing organisations want more of the same (same as <the past only more intense)Transition Cities or privatised Municipalities?

City 2.0?

Third Place & City 2.0

What is City 2.0?

What is Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0?1969 DarpaNet (connecting computers)1975 Internet (network of networks)1994 The Web (net transfer/sharing)2002 Web2.0 (the participatory web)2021 Kondratieff (long-wave cycle ends)Web 2.0 enables (any user) to participate in new social networks… …new forms of social Third Place

So web 2.0 allows users to shape tech-use

Permanent beta, architectures of participation

“Technology is the essence of politics”

But are we e-enabling or transforming?

What is City 2.0?

Arguably in tech-enabled change; Change is socially dialogical

rather than intellectually dialectical

It comes from users modifying designers’ original intentions

Web 2.0 & Context shaping

If web 2.0 with user-generated content & participative qualities Allows for “context-shaping” Can we design a development framework That allows us to shape learning contexts? City Contexts?

Participatory Curation

Learner-Generated Context Research Group interested in;

”Problematising the context space & inventing new

solutions”Creating Development Frameworks, new tools &

extra-institutional structuring…

Ambient Learning City

Being “insanely ambitious”We decided to investigate howA multiple-context Ambient Learning City might workWe had Emergent Learning ModelA “legitimising” Design Framework

Emergent Learning Model

What is City 2.0?

http://en.wikipedia/City2.0

What is City 2.0?“…involves the Public Realm, the commons, sharing goods and services as well as infrastructure…”“…Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody”Participatory City 2.0…

Participatory City Futures

On the design side we need…Development Frameworks to help the dialogical design of The city we choose to live in! Both for

Network Society & City 2.0 or…

CityZens Context EngineeringDevelopment Framework for Network Society

Context Engineering the Participatory CityMunicipality Smart

CityParticipatory City 2.0

City City Hall Real-time City Hall

Distributed City Hall

Institution Bricks & Mortar

Clicks & Mortar

ParticipatoryManagement

Street Tarmac Wifi/Digital Citizen-generated Contexts

Strategy Urban Plan Urban Vision

Collaborative Vision

Conclusion; interesting city spaces come -

from sustained collaborative citizen action

Social action

Cultural regeneration

Property speculation

Conclusion; interesting city spaces come from

1. CityZen action creates diverse city spaces 2. Web 2.0 allows dialogical user choices3. Social change needs new framing devices4. We can shape the contexts we live in5. Mashups maketh new – we need dialogical development frameworks that are CityZens-centric 6. Collaborative Visioning…

Conclusion; What Would Bowie DO?

Building Citizen-Generated Contexts Creatively

We could be CityZens

Designing Participatory Smart Cities

Some Resources&LinksUnsmart Cities blogThe City in History – Lewis MumfordDeptford Creekside CentreWhat is Web 2.0?Open Context Model of LearningEmergent Learning ModelAmbient Learning CityAggregate then CurateEverything is a MetaphorSocial Cities of TomorrowWhere Good Ideas come fromEnabling ConsequencesAgainst the Smart City

Third Places & City 2.0

@fredgarnett #oosEU Pula 28th April 2016