MobMaps: towards a shared environment for collaborative social activism

Authors:
Luís Gens;Hugo Paredes;Paulo Martins;Benjamim Fonseca;Yishay Mor;Leonel Morgado
Affiliations:
UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal;GECAD, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal;GECAD, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal;GECAD, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal;Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK;GECAD, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
Venue:
CRIWG'09 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Groupware: design, implementation, and use
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Nowadays it is possible to disseminate information to the all world in real time using current communication tools supported mostly by the Internet. The work of several organizations reporting a multitude of problems that our society faces can be sustained by participatory platforms, which stimulate the collaboration of participants all over the world. In this paper we present a technological platform that provides a shared environment for collaborative social activism. We adapted the platform to a particular organization, MachsomWatch that reports human rights abuses in Israelis checkpoints. Finally we present some preliminary results obtained by ethnographic research using the developed platform.