Hack The Government!

Empowering Citizens to Make Meaningful Use of Open Data

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

Francesco Molinari Politecnico di Milano
Grazia Concilio Politecnico di Milano
I. Mulder Design Conceptualization and Communication - IDE
Louise Klitgaard Torntoft Aalborg University
Marc Aguilar 4I2CAT Foundation
Research Group
Design Conceptualization and Communication (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 F Molinari, Grazia Concilio, I. Mulder, Louise Klitgaard Torntoft, Marc Aguilar
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Published Date

2016

Language

English

Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Design Conceptualization and Communication

Abstract

Citizens’ use of Open Data is often limited to the use of apps. The design of the (app based) public service as well as the interpretation of the data is done for them. The organization of local hackathons can promote citizens’ data literacy and better use of available
Open Data for service transformation purposes. This promises to nicely combine citizen intelligence with participatory innovation with and by public service beneficiaries as the “next wave” of inclusive (e-)Government practice. In the proposed workshop, we simulate the
organization and dynamics of a Hackathon based on the evidence at hand.