This study aims to identify the specific digital needs and practices of residents in regional and rural Australia in the context of the implementation of high speed internet, including the National Broadband Network. It will investigate how researchers and digital technology users can work together through a series of ‘Living Labs’ to identify new and successful ways for enabling residents to develop their confidence and skills across the network of homes, libraries and community centres. By drawing on two research fields – digital media literacy and urban informatics – the study will make a significant and innovative contribution to understanding how digital citizenship can be viewed through this dual lens.
Project website: https://research.qut.edu.au/fdpp/
Townsville case study site: digitville.wordpress.com
Research Symposium 4/5 June 2016: fdppworkshop.omeka.net
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Funding / Grants
- ARC Linkage (2014 - 2016)
- Kerry Mallan
- Hilary Hughes
- Roger Osborne
Publications
- Dezuanni, Michael, Foth, Marcus, Mallan, Kerry, Hughes, Hilary (Eds.) (2018) Digital Participation through Social Living Labs: Valuing Local Knowledge, Enhancing Engagement. In Dezuanni, Michael, Foth, Marcus, Mallan, Kerry, Hughes, Hilary (Eds.).
- Lankester, Allyson, Hughes, Hilary, Foth, Marcus (2018) Mapping a connected learning ecology to foster digital participation in regional communities. In Foth, M, Mallan, K, Hughes, H, Dezuanni, M (Eds.), Digital participation through social living labs: Valuing local knowledge, enhancing engagement, pp.141-171.
- Foth, Marcus, Lankester, Allyson, Hughes, Hilary (2018) Mixhaus: Dissolving boundaries with a community maker space. In Foth, M, Mallan, K, Hughes, H, Dezuanni, M (Eds.), Digital participation through social living labs: Valuing local knowledge, enhancing engagement, pp.97-116.
- Dezuanni, Michael, Foth, Marcus, Mallan, Kerry, Hughes, Hilary, Osborne, Roger (2018) Social living labs for digital participation and connected learning. In Foth, M, Mallan, K, Hughes, H, Dezuanni, M (Eds.), Digital participation through social living labs: Valuing local knowledge, enhancing engagement, pp.1-17.
- Hughes, Hilary, Foth, Marcus, Dezuanni, Michael, Mallan, Kerry, Allan, Cherie (2018) Fostering digital participation and communication through social living labs: a qualitative case study from regional Australia. Communication Research and Practice, 4 (2), pp.183-206.
- Foth, Marcus, Hughes, Hilary, Dezuanni, Michael, Mallan, Kerry (2017) Skunkworks: Designing regional innovation spaces for the creative fringe. Communities and Technology Workshop - Designing Participation for the Digital Fringe, pp.1-1.
- Foth, Marcus, Lankester, Allyson, Hughes, Hilary (2016) Digital fabrication and local participation: A community maker space dissolving boundaries. In Davis, H, Farmer, J (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 OZCHI Workshop on Digital Participation: Engaging Diverse and Marginalised Communities, pp.1-9.
- Dezuanni, Michael, Foth, Marcus, Mallan, Kerry, Hughes, Hilary (2016) Social living labs for digital participation: Designing with regional and rural communities [workshop proceedings]. Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp.49-52.
