Civic Tech Field Guide
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Digital or analog games and activities designed to promote civic engagement and awareness through play. Many of the digital games are one-off projects, and aren’t maintained over long periods of time (for example, when browsers remove support for Adobe Flash). Gamification seeks to bring elements and mechanics of gameplay to more arduous tasks, like registering to vote.
Suggested reading:
- Progress in Play: Board Games and the Meaning of History – A history of board games and the powerful ideologies embedded within them, by Alex Andriesse, Public Domain Review (2019)
- How Minecraft Is Teaching Kids to Face the Threat of Climate Change – A case study of efforts to teach young children in Australia about climate action through the incredibly popular game.
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Fake News Cleaner
TaiwanNews is everywhere, Check whether it is true or false; There is a responsibility to protect children and grandchildren, Aichuan will fax! // 新聞消息四處是， 是真是假查詳細； 保護子孫有責任， 愛傳就要傳真ㄟ！
Flourish! Local economies game
8 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DSWe made a board game to discuss local economic policy ideas.
NeMO-Net
NASA, East Nasa Parkway, Houston, TX, USANeMO-Net is a single player iPad game where players help NASA classify coral reefs by painting 3D and 2D images of coral.
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