Civic Hacking: an introduction for high school students

Maurizio NapolitanoDigital Commons Lab - FBK

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Civic Hacking(an introduction for high school students)

Agenda

● Definitions● Examples● Mini-Lab (15’ )

Keywords

Hacker Ethic

Richard M. Stallman dans un moment de réflexion devant sa machine taguée par des stickers GNU, FSF etc. (2012)

Photo by Habib M’henni – license CC-BY-SA – available on Commons

Civic Hacking

https://www.codeforamerica.org/blog/2013/06/07/defining-civic-hacking/

● A creative, often technological approach to solving civic problems. [Source]

● Citizens developing their own applications which give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. [Source]

● Collaborating with others to create, build, and invent open source solutions using publicly-released data, code, and technology to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, our cities, our states, and our country. [Source]

Civic Hacking

https://www.codeforamerica.org/blog/2013/06/07/defining-civic-hacking/

● A creative, often technological approach to solving civic problems.

● Citizens developing their own applications which give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives.

● Collaborating with others to create, build, and invent open source solutions using publicly-released data, code, and technology to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, our cities, our states, and our country.

What is DATA?

What is DATA?

DIGITAL

OBJECTIVITY

DATA INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE WISDOM

crime incidents

intensity of the crimes

crimes +neighborhoods

results

New patrols routes

Neighborhoods watch

Why DATA?

What is Open DATA?

Who are civic hackers?

Civic hackers can be programmers, designers, data scientists, good communicators, civic organizers, entrepreneurs, government employees and anyone willing to get his or her hands dirty solving problems.

https://opengovdata.io/2014/civic-hacking/

Example: I need data!!!

OpenStreetMap

Example: understand government

Example: mafia

Example: earthquake

Mini-Lab: start!

SummaryWe need your talent. Everybody can be a civic hacker.

We need heros. We need you

Thanks

Readingshttps://www.civichacking.guide/https://opengovdata.io/2014/civic-hacking/https://www.codeforamerica.org/blog/2013/06/07/defining-civic-hacking/http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/10/03/civic-hacking-i-ladri-della-rete-a-fin-di-bene/161705/

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