ThingsCon Amsterdam 2016 - keynote Usman Haque

Infrastructures for Participation Usman Haque Founding Partner, Umbrellium, London, UK [email protected] @uah

infrastructure for participation increase possibilities

build a shared memory

fundamental incompatibilities democratic infrastructures

urban infrastructures technological infrastructures

decided by those who don’t participate

http://miami.curbed.com/2016/11/15/13638614/king-tides-octopus-miami-beach

inequality, geography & climate change

Results by party in the general election of 2010

very dumb smart cities

Operations Center – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

who designs? who decides?

if we are to redesign everyday life

working together (agency) deciding together (responsibility) acting together (accomplishment)

impact / sustainability / ROI

(NOT ‘wisdom of the crowd’)

‘Another Life / Linguine’ (2012) – Bradford City Park, UK

Cinder (2016)

VoiceOver (2016)

Thingful.net – a search engine for IoT

WearON.io – prototyping platform for social wearables

Madrid 15M – structures of collaboration https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=madrid+15m+structures&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch

Occupy Sandy – structures of decision making https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=occupy+sandy&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X

Umbrella Revolution – structures of empathy https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=umbrella+revolution&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S7YtfahaGc

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewolf011/6096373486 NYC & Toronto – structures of communication

Infrastructures for Participation Usman Haque Founding Partner, Umbrellium, London, UK [email protected] @uah