{"171091":{"#nid":"171091","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Mobile Storytelling and Bikes in South L.A.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWednesday,\u0026nbsp;November 14th\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;starting at\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E6:00pm\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EEGL (TSRB room 113a)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParTour: Mobile Storytelling and Bicycles in South L.A.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECan basic cell phones and bicycles help re-imagine the city? This talk analyzes a participatory mapping platform called ParTour.\u0026nbsp; Over the past year, residents have used ParTour to transform their everyday phones into multimedia tools for neighborhood storytelling. Inspired by theories of real-world games, participants map and describe their pictures in real-time (using basic phones, not smartphones).\u0026nbsp; Later, the pictures are used for city planning and turned into paper maps for advocacy.\u0026nbsp; Unlike many mobile projects, the goal is not to generate data, or points-on-a-map.\u0026nbsp; Instead, ParTour seeks to structure civic participation, and invigorate the neighborhood imagination \u2014 a kind of urban acupuncture.\u0026nbsp; Mobile media introduces new possibilities to situate storytelling in physical spaces, with implications for place-making and civic engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBenjamin Stokes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;(@bgstokes,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/benjaminstokes.net\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/benjaminstokes.net\u003C\/a\u003E) is a researcher at the USC Annenberg School, where he is completing his PhD on informal civic learning and real-world gaming.\u0026nbsp; Research on ParTour is a collaborative effort by the Mobile Urban Mapping team at USC.\u0026nbsp; Previously, Benjamin served at the MacArthur Foundation as a program officer in their $50M portfolio on Digital Media and Learning.\u0026nbsp; Benjamin is a co-founder of Games for Change, the branch of the serious games movement which seeks to advance social change.\u0026nbsp; Benjamin has also led design teams on games and e-training, reaching more than 150,000 youth at the nonprofit MercyCorps\/NetAid.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECan basic cell phones and bicycles help re-imagine the city? Benjamin Stokes (PH.d. candidate, USC Anneberg School) talks about civic learning and real-world gaming.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2012-11-14 11:37:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:01:17","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-11-14T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-11-14T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-11-14T18:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-11-14 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-11-14 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-11-14 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"6451","name":"bicycle"},{"id":"34461","name":"civic media"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}