The Importance of Play in Digital Placemaking

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 9

Volume

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2015): ICWSM Workshop Technical Report WS-15-16 (Digital Placemaking: Augmenting Physical Places with Contextual Social Data)

Digital Placemaking

In this position paper, I argue for the importance of play when designing systems for digital placemaking. I offer examples of existing placemaking systems that embody the openness prescribed by ludic design and provide an idea that could be further developed during the workshop: digital graffiti.

10.1609/icwsm.v9i2.14680