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- 1. Motivations, practices, and politics of open data in Cape Town, South Africa Britta Ricker, PhD University of Washington Tacoma Urban Studies & Geospatial Technologies
- 2. What was the first thing you did this morning ?
- 8. An improved sanitation facility is defined as one that hygienically separates human excreta from human contact. Globally 2.4 billion people live without access to improved sanitation: Almost 1 billion of these practice open defecation.
- 13. Dreams, bricks and bodies: mapping ‘neglected spatialities’ in African Cape Town (Dierwechter, 2004) • Dreams = planning, bricks= informal retail and bodies= pre-entrepreneurs • Neglected spatialities of contemporary urban experiences • ‘informailty’ has been part of the post apartheid solution in Cape Town (p. 977)
- 14. Power of Maps Knowledge politics: – greater weight given to knowledge expressed as quantitative or represented in cartographic forms
- 25. Risk reproducing inequalities. Call for active engagement to combat inequalities through modern forms of mapping. (Elwood, 2015)
- 26. Smart Cities Could help?
- 27. Taxonomy of data sources associated with “Smart Cities” Smart Cities Data Sources Ambient Internet of Things Big Data Directed Open Data
- 28. Open Data! The open data movement – the story goes – could variably democratize data access and knowledge production, unite cities and citizens, encourage transparent governance, strengthen democracy, and advance cities socially and economically (see European Commission, 2014; Sieber & Johnson, 2015; Zuiderwijk & Janssen, 2014). Grand proclamations have been met by a burgeoning critique however, which has identified its limited inroads outside of the wealthy cities of the Global North, co-optation by hackers and corporations (Kitchin, 2014), reinforcement of power relations (Gurstein, 2011), as well as concerns about neoliberal logics (Bates, 2012) and threats to social justice (Johnson, 2014).
- 29. World Design Capital 2014 Cape Town = Open Data
- 30. Models of open data provision (Sieber & Johnson 2015) o Data over the wall: Government publishing of open data o Code exchange: Government as open data activist o Civic issue tracker: Data from citizens to government o Participatory open data: open data as open government
- 31. Civic Open Data at a Crossroad (Sieber & Johnson 2015) o Conflicting motivations for open data o Shifting role of government o Fragility of mission accomplished
- 32. Cape Town: Data Over the Wall
- 33. other models are emerge… • Code exchange: open data activist • Civic issue tracker: Data from citizens to government • Participatory open data: open data as open government
- 44. Cape Town: Data Over the Wall
- 45. Code for South Africa
- 46. Civic Hacking “Easter Egg Hunts” Data Journalism Living Wage Calculator
- 47. Code for Cape Town @code4ct
- 48. Code for Cape Town @code4ct
- 49. Hector Eliott @hectoreliott Head of Ministry: Transport and Public Works Western Cape
- 50. Open Data Observed o Data over the wall o Code exchange o Civic issue tracker o Participatory open data
- 51. Data are there for you to comb • Open data is an unfamiliar concept • People don’t want to share data • People don’t know how to contribute • People don’t understand GIS
- 52. Data are there for you to comb • Open data is an unfamiliar concept • People don’t want to share data • People don’t know how to contribute • People don’t understand GIS These are not barriers for YOU!
- 54. You can help! = Tourism
- 55. Cape Town has penguins
- 58. The Path Forward: home and abroad • Lessons Learned – HOST An EASTER EGG HUNT! – Build tools for those who can use them • Make Maps post them on the web • Write emails & tweet to leaders
- 62. Thanks! Financial Support: University of Washington Office of Global Affairs Strategic International Partnership Award Acknowledgments: Yonn Dierwechter, Don Shay, Chris Berens (VPUU) Adi Eyal (Code4SA). Shoeshoe Letoao Dr.Cinnamon
Editor's Notes
- September 5-19, 2015
- September 9 Office of Global Affairs Strategic International Partnership Award
- Non-African City Planning in Cape Town supported deliberate spatial ordering – efficiently implementing racial segregation Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act of 1951
- http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/blog/posts/nelson-mandela-1918-2013
- Crime prevention through human rights Situational and Social Crime Prevention Owned spaces Image and aesthetics, Local safety plans Team meetings Community operation, maintenance and management Community Participation Knowledge Management
- Aim – to document and digitize what is going on City can’t look away!
- Code4CT is an 18 month program for high school girls that introduces them to coding, design thinking and the possibilities in the tech industry. We aim to equip young women entering the labour force with tech and problem solving skills because we want to see a thriving and diverse innovation environment in South Africa, with young South Africans able to define solutions to local challenges. The Code4CT program has three key outcomes: to develop skills, shift perceptions and ensure an enabling environment. The curriculum develops skills in: Web development; Design Thinking and Professional Communication. Through working on real life projects, engaging with female mentors and being exposed to a wide range of different tech companies, we show girls that: coding is creative; women can thrive in tech careers and that coding is a powerful tool for social impact. The program ensures that girls have access to devices, connectivity and creative learning spaces; an enabling network of tutors and mentors; and bursaries & internships to be able to achieve the dreams we hope the program inspires in them. “I now see that with Tech I have a wide range of options of careers to choose from besides medicine. I know now that I still can keep all of my passions still a part of my life by using them in little aspects throughout Tech.” – Zenande Nurunessa Mantlana “I no longer perceive IT as boring, male dominated, or difficult but rather awesome, fascinating, and challenging. I am now certain I want to study Computer Science…” -Tracy-Anne Sikenjana
- Code4CT is an 18 month program for high school girls that introduces them to coding, design thinking and the possibilities in the tech industry. We aim to equip young women entering the labour force with tech and problem solving skills because we want to see a thriving and diverse innovation environment in South Africa, with young South Africans able to define solutions to local challenges. The Code4CT program has three key outcomes: to develop skills, shift perceptions and ensure an enabling environment. The curriculum develops skills in: Web development; Design Thinking and Professional Communication. Through working on real life projects, engaging with female mentors and being exposed to a wide range of different tech companies, we show girls that: coding is creative; women can thrive in tech careers and that coding is a powerful tool for social impact. The program ensures that girls have access to devices, connectivity and creative learning spaces; an enabling network of tutors and mentors; and bursaries & internships to be able to achieve the dreams we hope the program inspires in them. “I now see that with Tech I have a wide range of options of careers to choose from besides medicine. I know now that I still can keep all of my passions still a part of my life by using them in little aspects throughout Tech.” – Zenande Nurunessa Mantlana “I no longer perceive IT as boring, male dominated, or difficult but rather awesome, fascinating, and challenging. I am now certain I want to study Computer Science…” -Tracy-Anne Sikenjana
- Volunteer Tourism – goes digital Maps you make illuminating social injustice may have a wider impact than building a single house Goes hand in hand with traditional forms of volunteer tourism to better understand what to look for in the data.
- Volunteer Tourism – goes digital Maps you make illuminating social injustice may have a wider impact than building a single house Goes hand in hand with traditional forms of volunteer tourism to better understand what to look for in the data.