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MAKINGDEMOCRACY FUNHow serious games can foster civic engagement
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Who We areThe Centre for Systems Solutions promotes and applies systems
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Democracy has become the political version of spinach.
Almost everyone says it’s good, but few people actually want to eat it.
Johs LernerExecutive Director – Participatory Budgeting Project, New York
Boring
It’s boring because it offers a little
of interest.
Painful
It is painful because it often
involves nasty conflicts and bitter
defeats.
Pointless
It is pointless because it rarely
provides any intrinsic pleasure or
concrete outcomes.
Most people feel that there are better ways to spend their time.
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Why people do not participate
Lack of time or other prioritiesLack of time can mean many things - usually, saying that
you do not have time is code for
“I’d rather do something else”
*Focus on Citizens: Public Engagement for Better Policy and
Services, 2009
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FUNIn a word, it would be
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FUNis the easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better
Since 1999,
the number of US chi ldren playing digital games
increase over 50 %,
and amount of t ime they spend playing
has nearly tr ipled.
11*Peter Warman, Newzoo Games Market Report: Consumer Spending on Key Platforms and Business Models (Amsterdam, 2010**McGonigal, Reality is broken
CHINA**
active gamers
200million
EUROPE**
active gamers
100million
LATIN AMERICA**
active gamers
23million
US*
people report playing
computer or video
games regularly
- on average 13 hours
per week
183million
INDIA**
active gamers
105million
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Tina Nabatchi,Matt Leighninger
Fun has become more than just a trill
in public participation.
Games give citizens a chance to test
their knowledge, strengthen their
relationships and come up with their
own solutions to public problems.
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Governments and organizations should make democratic participation more fun, to
increase citizen engagement and trust in democracy, and to empower people to
democratically decide more issues that affect their lives.
Johs LernerExecutive Director – Participatory Budgeting Project, New York
14lower tech games and game mechanism are more useful
Most political decisions are still made in
face-to-face meetings, and these are the
processes that need to changing the most.01
Good design makes games fun, and it can
do the same for democracy.03
Technology does not make games fun, and
it will not make democracy fun either. 02
Digital features may complement face-to-
face engagement, but they should not
replace it.04
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