Sarah Wong
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Sarah Wong
One way of enhancing interaction is by enabling multi-user shared displays, which allows people to share experiences at the same time. A good example of this is in-person gaming, where users are engaged in a game together and the device acts as a tool to improve the quality of their experience through enjoyment. Another example is interactive... See more
The role of technology in enhancing in-person interactions
the notion of the “community”, be that place‐based (a neighbourhood) or identity‐based (a specific group of raced, ethnic, classed or religious people)
Oli Mould • Solidarity, not charity: Learning the lessons of the COVID‐19 pandemic to reconceptualise the radicality of mutual aid
Our capacity for participation and membership is downstream of our capacity to exercise agency, and our capacity to exercise agency is downstream of our political, socio-cultural, and economic structures.
If we continue to measure our lives by standards of self-determination, self-actualization, self-reliance, self-betterment, self-caregiving just to get wiser, happier, and healthier seems like a strange path.
But if we change our orientation to one of interdependence, seeing humans as a web of twisted roots, a vision of interdependence allows for us
... See moreCare is also what shaped us for the better, and made us more empathetic, relational and willing to accept that humans are needy, vulnerable, fragile and dependent beings.
Anne Helen Petersen • "I Went Into Motherhood Determined Not to Lose Myself in It."
the root causes of, essentially, an economy built on capturing as much of our attention and leisure time as possible.
A diverse and balanced set of revenue sources: We’re also inspired by the way public institutions like libraries, parks, and transit systems often receive a mix of funding from member donations or pay-what-you-can models, local foundation philanthropy or government grants, and sometimes advertising. We believe that the best revenue models are ones... See more
the mere fact that a region is racially and ethnically diverse does not automatically mean that people are interacting more across lines of difference, or that they want to. 78 There also needs to be infrastructure and programming that helps to facilitate interactions across difference, and a culture of connection that helps to bolster such... See more