Agorà 2.0: designing hybrid communities

Authors:
Emilia Louisa Pucci;Ingrid Mulder
Affiliations:
Delft University of Technology, CE Delft, the Netherlands and Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, WN Rotterdam, the Netherlands;Delft University of Technology, CE Delft, the Netherlands and Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, WN Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
Year:
2013

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Abstract

The current work envisions Agorà 2.0 as a conceptual framework for designing hybrid communities inspired by the values of the ancient Greek agorà as well as those of Web 2.0. We report a research-through-design study of a digital social network extended with a wearable ubiquitous device aiming at augmenting social bonding in contemporary cities. Various research and design iterations as well as the resulting prototypes are described and reflected upon. The elaborated Agorà 2.0 paradigm seems to be helpful for incorporating citizens in future (co-)design of cohesive environments.