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Teresa Cerratto Pargman
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Failed yet successful
Learning from discontinued civic tech initiatives
The design of civic tech is often confronted with impediments, barriers, and a lack of resources. These and other causes may lead to the discontinuation and even abandonment of initiatives. Since seemingly failed projects are much more difficult to publish as articles, this wo ...
What Does 'Failure' Mean in Civic Tech?
We Need Continued Conversations About Discontinuation
Civic tech, also referred to as digital civics in HCI, designates efforts to use technology to bring together citizens, bring governments closer to citizens, or improve public service infrastructure. Such sociotechnical encounters are meant to address public needs and increase in
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