Community Participation in the Design of the Seattle Public Schools' Budget Builder Web Site

2011 ◽  
pp. 516-538
Author(s):  
Chris Halaska
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Final Version ◽  
User Input ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Community Access

This chapter provides a case study of the development of an Internet-based budgeting tool for the Seattle Public Schools, known as the Budget Builder. In particular, I describe the ways in which community participation affected the design and final outcome of the system. The Budget Builder project was unusual for a technical project because of its major focus on community participation. Although participation was stymied to some extent, the project can be seen as a success for community access. In the case study, I summarize the use of the Budget Builder over its first two years; describe the community participation and user input present in the design process; examine the social structure surrounding the Budget Builder, especially the division of power among the three main groups working on the project, and how those power relationships affected the final version of the project; and discuss some technical issues that appeared during the course of the project.

Mobile phone appropriation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana de Souza e Silva ◽  
Daniel M. Sutko ◽  
Fernando A. Salis ◽  
Claudio de Souza e Silva
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This qualitative case study describes the social appropriation of mobile phones among low-income communities in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) by asking how favela (slum) residents appropriate cell phones. Findings highlight the difficulty these populations encounter in acquiring and using cell phones due to social and economic factors, and the consequent subversive or illegal tactics used to gain access to such technology. Moreover, these tactics are embedded in and exemplars of the cyclic power relationships between high-and low-income populations that constitute the unique use of mobile technologies in these Brazilian slums. The article concludes by suggesting that future research on technology in low-income communities focus instead on the relationship of people to technology rather than a dichotomization of their access or lack thereof.

scholarly journals INTEGRATING SOCIAL IMPACT MEASURES INTO THE AIRSHIP DESIGN PROCESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1877-1886
Author(s):  
D.C. Richards ◽  
Phillip D. Stevenson ◽  
Christopher A. Mattson ◽  
John L. Salmon
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Metric Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Farmers

AbstractEngineered products have economic, environmental, and social impacts, which comprise the major dimensions of sustainability. This paper seeks to determine the interaction between design parameters when the social impacts are incorporated into the design process. Social impact evaluation is increasing in importance similar to what has happened with environmental impact consideration in recent years in the design of engineered products. Concurrently, research into new airship design has increased, however airships have yet to be reintroduced at a large scale and for a range of applications in society. Although airships have the potential for positive environmental and economic impacts, the social impacts are still rarely considered. This paper presents a case study of the hypothetical introduction of airships in the Amazon to help local farmers transport their produce to market. It explores the design space in terms of the airship's social impacts connected to the design parameters. The social impacts are found to be dependent not only on the social factors and airship design parameters, but also on the farmer-airship system, suggesting that socio-technical systems design will benefit from integrated social impact metric analysis.

scholarly journals Community Participation in the Implementation of Simultaneous Regional Head Elections during the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic in Banten Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Dairul ◽  
Bahrullah Akbar ◽  
Aries Djaenuri ◽  
Sampara Lukman
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
Regional Elections

In terms of community involvement, the conduct of regional head elections embodies the representational function inherent in popular sovereignty. The role of representation is one of the government's functions. As a result, the selection represents the aim of Government Science. The purpose of this research is to assess "Community Participation in the Conduct of Simultaneous Regional Head Elections during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period" in Banten Province (Case Study: Serang Regency, Pandeglang Regency, Cilegon City, and Tangerang City) in 2020. This study employs a qualitative research design in conjunction with a descriptive research method. The analysis used in this study is political participation from The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. A conceptual definition is developed that Community Participation in Simultaneous Regional Head Elections is the active participation of voters in various voter participation levels in the 2015 simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada). 2020 in Banten Province, voter turnout will exceed 60% in the four regencies/cities hosting simultaneous regional elections on December 9 2020. Pandeglang Regency achieved 68.7 per cent in 2020, up from 56 per cent in 2015, Cilegon City achieved 79.79 per cent in 2020, exceeding the national target by as much as 63.51 per cent in 2015, Serang Regency earned 63.3 per cent in 2020, up from 50.8 per cent in 2015 Pilkada. South Tangerang City achieved 60.4 per cent in 2020. In 2015, voting turnout was 57 per cent, a considerable rise despite the current epidemic of Covid-19.

scholarly journals Why Should I? Cybersecurity, the Security of the State and the Insecurity of the Citizen

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizzie Coles-Kemp ◽  
Debi Ashenden ◽  
Kieron O'Hara
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Security Controls ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Case ◽  
The Social ◽  
Subsequent Literature

Assumptions are made by government and technology providers about the power relationships that shape the use of technological security controls and the norms under which technology usage occurs. We present a case study carried out in the North East of England that examined how a community might work together using a digital information sharing platform to respond to the pressures of welfare policy change. We describe an inductive consideration of this highly local case study before reviewing it in the light of broader security theory. By taking this approach we problematise the tendency of the state to focus on the security of technology at the expense of the security of the citizen. From insights gained from the case study and the subsequent literature review, we conclude that there are three main absences not addressed by the current designs of cybersecurity architectures. These are absences of: consensus as to whose security is being addressed, evidence of equivalence between the mechanisms that control behaviour, and two-way legibility. We argue that by addressing these absences the foundations of trust and collaboration can be built which are necessary for effective cybersecurity. Our consideration of the case study within the context of sovereignty indicates that the design of the cybersecurity architecture and its concomitant service design has a significant bearing on the social contract between citizen and state. By taking this novel perspective new directions emerge for the understanding of the effectiveness of cybersecurity technologies.

scholarly journals Surfacing the social factors early: A sociotechnical approach to the design of a future submarine

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-545
Author(s):  
Alexandra Amy Boeing ◽  
Karina Jorristma ◽  
Mark A Griffin ◽  
Sharon K Parker
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Disruptive Technologies ◽  
Phase Development ◽  
The Social

Socially oriented approaches to work systems design are increasingly important as new and disruptive technologies become more prevalent. Existing approaches used by organisations to integrate such technologies are often techno-centric and do not adequately consider human issues. Sociotechnical systems (STS) tools are intended to ensure that the technical and organisational aspects of a system are considered together, and given equal attention. However, they are predominately applied late in the design process, limiting their impact. In this article, we outline an STS approach to the early-phase development of a complex work system. The case study illuminates how an STS approach can facilitate the inclusion of socially oriented factors into the design process. We close with recommendations to guide the early-phase application of STS principles in other industries and contexts. JEL Classification: C93, D02

Social Media Support for the Occupation of Public Schools in São Paulo, Brazil

2017 ◽  
pp. 67-88
Author(s):  
Cynthia H. W. Corrêa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

Networked social movements have amplified the emancipation of protesters everywhere. In Brazil, a conflict arose after the São Paulo State Secretariat for Education announced the closing of 94 public schools, impacting 311,000 people. In response, about 30 students organized the occupation of the State School Fernão Dias Paes. Subsequently, the occupation spread to other schools. Based on a case study of the first school occupied in the city of São Paulo, this research aims to identify the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social media tools in generating and sustaining the successful occupation protest of public schools in São Paulo. This chapter covers theories on demonstrations initiated online, on the social panorama in Latin America and educational issues in Brazil. It also addresses and analyzes the occupation process at this school, which reached visibility and support at national and international levels using ICTs and social media, confirming the steps of occupy movements around the world.

The Games People Play

2015 ◽  
pp. 67-91
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
The Social ◽  
Software Platforms ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
Ict For Development ◽  
General Inability

Much has been written about e-government within a growing stream of literature on ICT for development, generating countervailing perspectives where optimistic, technocratic approaches are countered by far more sceptical standpoints on technological innovation. This chapter seeks to, through the use of a case study, unravel the social dynamics shaping e-government projects used to reform public sector institutions. In particular, the research analyzes actor behaviour, motivations, and interactions surrounding the conception and maintenance of software platforms facilitating these transformations. The value of such an approach is based on a review of existing ICT and software development literature, which tends to be overly systems-rational in its approach and, as a consequence, often fails to recognise the degree to which project failure (viz. the general inability of the project design to meet stated goals and resolve both predicted and emerging problems) is symptomatic of a broader, much more complex set of interrelated inequalities, unresolved problems, and lopsided power-relationships both within the adopting organisation and in the surrounding environmental context.

Facing Multiple Audiences in Engineering and R&D Writing: The Social Contexts of a Technical Report

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent J. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Contexts ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Organizational Power ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiple Audiences

The customary approach to classifying multiple audiences for written discourse is to recognize primary, secondary, and immediate audiences, and, in some cases, gatekeeping audiences. Based on findings from an ethnographic case study of engineering authors in an R&D setting, this article suggests that authors should also attend to watchdog audiences as they write. A watchdog audience pays close attention to the written transaction between the author and the primary audience. Authors must direct their discourse toward the primary audience, but they must also keep the motives and purposes of the watchdog audience in mind as they write and revise. The watchdog audience in my case study, while it had no direct leverage or other organizational power over the authors, still influenced the authors extensively as they revised their text. Evidence indicates that, beyond the apparent and traditional sources of power, there are more contextual, hidden, socially mediated power relationships equally capable of shaping written discourse.

scholarly journals Co-Design and Co-Deployment Methodologies for Innovative m-Learning Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 147-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Millard ◽  
Yvonne Howard ◽  
Lester Gilbert ◽  
Gary Wills
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Technology Design ◽  
Innovative Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Professional Context

Building innovative m-learning systems can be challenging, because innovative technology is tied to innovative practice, and thus the design process needs to consider the social and professional context in which a technology is to be deployed. In this chapter the authors describe a methodology for co-design in m-learning, which includes stakeholders from the domain in the technology design team. Through a case study of a project to support nurses on placement, they show that co-design should be accompanied by co-deployment in order to manage the reception and eventual acceptance of new technology in a particular environment. They present both our co-design and co-deployment methodologies, and describe the techniques that are applicable at each stage.

scholarly journals The Phenomenon of Bullying: A Case Study of Jordanian Schools at Tafila

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Abderraheem Fadhil Salamn Almahasnih
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results

The aim of this research was to investigate the phenomenon of bullying and the dangerous effects on victims and thesecurity of school environment, and to understand the psycho-social dimensions, through recognizing the degree ofcontribution of embodying the social values, feeling inferiority and strength of inner feeling of bullies who try tocompensate some difficulties and get social and psychic giants in Tafila Public Schools south Jordan. The sample ofthe study was consisted 300 male and female bullies students at the high-primary stage in the academic year2009/2010 in 8th, 9th and 10th grades. The researcher developed three scales for the purpose of this study: bullyingscale, bullying measure developed for this study: social values scale feeling inferiority scale and the conscienceawakening scale. Means and SDs, ANNOVA and the Chaffee test were utilized in this study. Results indicated thatthe variable of feeling inferior was the strongest factor for predicting bullying and Awakening of conscience andsocial values were found to have a negative relationship with bullying. In addition, it was shown that male studentsare more practiced in bullying than female students and there were statistically significant differences among themeans of students performance in (8th – 10th grades) in bullying only, where no statistically significant differencesindicated among the three levels of grades in social values, feeling interior and awakening of conscience.

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