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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | 'Useful' civic hacking for environmental sustainability: knowledge transfer and the International Space Apps Challenge |
Author: | Rai, S. Griffiths, O. |
Citation: | Journal of Community Informatics, 2016; 12(1):53-68 |
Publisher: | Journal of Community Informatics |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 1712-4441 |
Editor: | Gurstein, M. Villanueva-Mansilla, E. |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sumen Rai, Mary Griffiths |
Abstract: | Civic hackathons have become a popular, experimental process through which to promote public access to open government data and enable innovative civic uses for the information. The International Space Apps Challenge, led by NASA, is a high-profile event, promoting the use of space-derived data with the aim of contributing solutions to 'grand challenges' such as environmental sustainability. Central to the civic hackathons are the concepts of 'stewardship,' and 'usefulness'. The study explores the promises and realities of civic hacking through analysis of the aims of the organisers, perspectives of participants and the event's outcomes, concluding that hackathon peer processes promote networks for knowledge transfer. |
Rights: | Copyright (C), 2016 (the authors as stated). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5. Available at: http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1124 |
Published version: | http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciejC |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Media Studies publications |
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