The Social Apps Lab focuses on creating mobile applications that use elements of gameplay to motivate citizen learning, civic action, and crowdsourced solutions for social problems. The Digital We examines the premises, prospects, and projects of this kind of social media production through a day of workshops and public discussions. The directors of the Social Apps Lab will present several new projects, including CitySandbox, DengueTorpedo, Pathways, and BingoType.
Join us for –
Workshops with presentations from:
• Chris Kelty – UC Los Angeles, Department of Information Studies
• Kacper Poblocki – University of Poznan, Department of Anthropology
• Warren Sack – UC Santa Cruz, Program of Digital Arts and New Media
• Artur Celinski – Res Publica, Warsaw
• Marina Gorbis – Institute for the Future, Palo Alto
• Heather Horst – UC Irvine, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
Roundtable Discussion about Interdisciplinary Initiatives and University-City Projects with:
• Paul Wright – UC Berkeley, Director of CITRIS
• Carla Hesse – UC Berkeley, Dean of Social Sciences
• Anthony Cascardi – UC Berkeley, Dean of Arts and Humanities
• Gordon Wozniak – City of Berkeley Councilmember
Demo of Recent Projects at the Social Apps Lab:
• James Holston, Co-Director
• Greg Niemeyer, Co-Director
• URAP Students at the Social Apps Lab
And Dialogues with:
• Artur Celinski – Res Publica, Warsaw
• Ken Goldberg – UC Berkeley, Dept of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Marina Gorbis – Institute for the Future, Palo Alto
• Heather Horst – UC Irvine, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub
• Josefina Coloma – Sustainable Science Institute & UC Berkeley School of Public Health
• Terry Deacon – UC Berkeley, Department of Anthropology
• Faraz Farzin – Stanford, Department of Psychology
• Kacper Poblocki – University of Poznan, Department of Anthropology
• Bill Satariano – UC Berkeley School of Public Health