Participatory Mobile Urban Experience Planning

... or, Streethacking with Ubiquitous Media, if you prefer? Mobile MUSE has a new applied research program underway in connection with a research cluster called the Greenest City Conversations Project, a collaborative effort of a number of researchers at UBC and SFU, based at UBC's Centre for Sustainability. Our research into mobile channel effects involves a participatory design exercise, in which a team of local smartphone/tablet users will be performing a needs assessment for what the mobile/ubicomp sphere can do to improve or better facilitate public awareness, dialogue and participation in urban sustainability issues. Then, we'll turn to designing an application (or a 'connective tissue' piece between existing platforms and/or applications) in conjunction with student interns.

This project will unfold over the next 6-8 months, culminating in a launch of an application. Please stay tuned.

[Cross-posted from Clicknoise]