Streets for People: Engaging Children in Placemaking Through a Socio-technical Process
summary
A three-stage socio-technical intervention engages 9–10 year olds from two elementary schools through neighbourhood walks, in-class poster/video work, and an online map tool called make place, then a public Town Hall with residents and council. Children use tablets, photos, chalk and worksheets to create hundreds of geo-tagged pins and comments, producing place-grounded, feasible ideas (and some surprising creative proposals) while exposing risks: peer regulation, co-option of children’s voice, and council responses that largely strengthen existing plans.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction to the project
- 2:12Identifying children's exclusion
- 3:13Designing the neighborhood walk
- 5:44Using MakePlace platform
- 7:10Town hall presentations
- 7:52Key findings from engagement
- 10:18Limits of children's agency
- 11:20Reconfiguring children's roles
- 12:45Ethical challenges in digital spaces
- 13:06Future HCI interventions
- 13:49Closing remarks and Q&A
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