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RHETT BRADBURYThesis 1, Fall 2012Prof. Tom KlinkowsteinPratt Institute
This thesis presents the hypothesis that the aspirational gaming term, “leveling up”, meaning to acquire additional power and responsibility through the accomplishment of specific quests, may be applied to re-imagining the fostering of political leadership. Leveling up suggests heroic, almost superhuman abilities as an appropriate description of the efforts needed to resolve wicked, elusively complex, societal problems typically encountered in the political arena.
In contrast to current methods of ascertaining political power, which are ambiguous and reductive, this thesis will show the ability of an activity-based progression system to foster political leadership more pragmatically and effectively.
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HYPOTHESIS
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Research Outline
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Design for Good- What is designing for good?- What could designs role be in gov. and politics?
New Media- What is new media?- What is new media’s rold in society?- What is new media’s role in gov. and politics?
Government & Politics- What is gov. and politics?- Can the functionality of these things be improved upon?- How and why?
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“...In our society, with a free political system, you lead not by command but by persuasion. And persuasion, my uncle used to tell me, is a two-edged sword: reason and emotion. Plunge it deep.”-Donald Rumsfeld
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SOLUTIONS
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PROBLEM
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MORE SOLUTIONS
RHETT BRADBURY/////THESIS 1/////PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN/////PRAT GRAD COMMD/////FALL 2012
“...In our society, with a free political system, you lead not by command but by persuasion. And persuasion, my uncle used to tell me, is a two-edged sword: reason and emotion. Plunge it deep.”-Donald Rumsfeld
RHETT BRADBURY/////THESIS 1/////PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN/////PRAT GRAD COMMD/////FALL 2012
WHAT?
RHETT BRADBURY/////THESIS 1/////PROF. TOM KLINKOWSTEIN/////PRAT GRAD COMMD/////FALL 2012
“I study social media, which means, to a first approximation, I watch people argue.”
“...If I had to pick a group that I think...is our generation’s collection of people trying to take these (social) tools and to press it into service, not for more arguments, but for better arguments,I’d pick the open-source programmers.”-Clay Shirky
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GitHub
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Open-Source Programming Everyone having access to all the source code all of the time
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“...I would love to tell you that because (open-source) tools are in place, (democratic) innovation is inevitable. But it’s not...The people experimenting with participation don’t have legislative power, and (those with) legislative power are not experimenting with participation.”-Clay Shirky
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“...I would love to tell you that because (open-source) tools are in place, (democratic) innovation is inevitable. But it’s not...The people experimenting with participation don’t have legislative power, and (those with) legislative power are not experimenting with participation.”-Clay Shirky
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
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“Give your ideas. City Council-member Brad Lander has set aside $1 million to fund them. Your votes will decide which projects get funded.”
Where does design fit in?
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OpenIDEO
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Crowdsourcing Social GoodAll concepts generated are shareable, remix-able and reusable by anyone.
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I envision a GitHub-like community of creating civic value.
Source List
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Design for GoodDo Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World by David B. BermanCommunication Design: Principles, Methods, and Practice Jorge FrascaraDesign’s Delight Jan vanToorn
New MediaThe Penguin and the Leviathan Yochai BenklerCognitive Surplus Clay ShirkyHere Comes Everybody Clay Shirky
Government & PoliticsDigital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times Megan Boler (Editor)Politics For Dummies Ann DeLaneyCybering Democracy: Public Space and the Internet Diana Saco
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