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From the Pro Walk Pro Bike : Pro Place conference in Long Beach, CA. Sept 10-13, 2012. ParTour.net, RideSouthLA.com, USCBikeCommuters.com.TRANSCRIPT
Community-Generated Mapping and Mobility
Otto Khera, ResearcherBen Stokes, Researcher/PhD Candidate
George Villanueva, Researcher/PhD Candidate
Annenberg School for Communication and JournalismUniversity of Southern California
Pro Walk Pro Bike: Pro Place 2012Long Beach, CA
September 10, 2012
The Context:
Image?
Reality?
USCSouth LA
The Catalyst and Sponsor:
innovation _design+art + science +engineering
Media, culture, society:transformation__participatory cultures
François BarBen StokesGeorge Villanueva Otto KheraCésar Jiménez Teresa Gonzalez
Annenberg Innovation Lab Projects that Connect Bicycling, Community, Mapping,
and Participatory Culture:• ParTour.net – a mobile platform for simple text-
messaging-enabled (SMS) cell phones that enables real-time image,\ text, and audio postings on a web site.
• RideSouthLA.com – a web site that aggregates and represents group bike rides in South LA and related events for the community, Los Angeles, and outside observers.
• USCBikeCommuters.com – a web site pilot that connects USC bike commuters with each other, bike commuter resources, and related events.
ParTour.net
Story telling(in South LA)Through SimpleAccessible Mobile Technology :
VozmobMetamorphosis
EastSide Riders Bike Club
Collaborators
Real Rydaz
Situated Engagement/Situated Learning
• Micro-local• experienced together• invites participation• open eyes and ears• toward justice social, transportation, food, media, security
Urban Space: Physical to Social Production
Perceived space
Conceivedspace
Trialectics ofSpatiality
Lived space
(Lefebre 1991)
ParTour Mobile Mapping Platform
Mobile Phones
Geo-Located Observation of Physical
Environment or Event
Crowdsourced Data
Representation and Re-Usage
Participatory Citizens and Community
Partners
ParTour Platform Overview
Context, Location, Stories
How can these engagements be captured and presented to communities as a sustainable activity?
RIDE SOUTH LAridesouthla.com
Ride South LA:Connect, Sustain, Inform, Disseminate
USC as a Community: USC Bike Commuters
• Up to 7% of USC commuters use bicycles to commute during a regular semester (7 times higher than the average in Los Angeles)
• 15,000 bicycles on campus on any given day during the regular semester.
• USC is LA’s largest private employer.• Growth of bicycling significant at USC and in LA.
• Profile + Map• Wall for events and updates• Resources link
Wall Map
Lessons Learned
• Collaboration with community is essential.• Simple technologies and simple goals lead to
next steps more efficiently …• Maps are a critical tool that help us engage
our conceptions of space and environment, and help us tell a story as well as orienting ourselves.
• Media matters …
Latest – pictures from Yesterday’s walk&ride Healthy Food Mapping