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This paper presents an exploratory study on the potential for sharing urban data; one where citizens create their own data and use it to understand and influence urban planning decisions. The aim of the study is to explore new models of participation through the sharing of emotional data and focuses on the relationship between the physical space and emotions through identifying the links between stress levels and specific features of the urban environment. It addresses the problem in urban planning that, while people’s emotional connection with the physical urban setting is often valued, it is rarely recognised or used as a source of data to understand future decision making. The method involved participants using a (GSR) device linked to location data to measure participant’s emotional responses along a walking route in a city centre environment. Results show correlations between characteristics of the urban environment and stress levels, as well as how specific features of the city spaces create stress ‘peaks’. In the discussion we review how the data obtained could contribute to citizens creating their own information layer—an emotional layer—that could inform a shared approach to participation in urban planning decision-making. The future implications of the application of this method as an approach to public participation in urban planning are also considered.
Afif Fathullah; Katharine S. Willis. Engaging the Senses: The Potential of Emotional Data for Participation in Urban Planning. Urban Science 2018, 2, 98 .
AMA StyleAfif Fathullah, Katharine S. Willis. Engaging the Senses: The Potential of Emotional Data for Participation in Urban Planning. Urban Science. 2018; 2 (4):98.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAfif Fathullah; Katharine S. Willis. 2018. "Engaging the Senses: The Potential of Emotional Data for Participation in Urban Planning." Urban Science 2, no. 4: 98.
Katharine S. Willis; Alessandro Aurigi. Digital and Smart Cities. Digital and Smart Cities 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleKatharine S. Willis, Alessandro Aurigi. Digital and Smart Cities. Digital and Smart Cities. 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatharine S. Willis; Alessandro Aurigi. 2017. "Digital and Smart Cities." Digital and Smart Cities , no. : 1.
Lorena Melgaço; Katharine S. Willis. Editorial: Social Smart Cities: Reflecting on the Implications of ICTs in Urban Space. plaNext - next generation planning 2017, 4, 5 -7.
AMA StyleLorena Melgaço, Katharine S. Willis. Editorial: Social Smart Cities: Reflecting on the Implications of ICTs in Urban Space. plaNext - next generation planning. 2017; 4 ():5-7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorena Melgaço; Katharine S. Willis. 2017. "Editorial: Social Smart Cities: Reflecting on the Implications of ICTs in Urban Space." plaNext - next generation planning 4, no. : 5-7.
This paper explores the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural, marginalised communities. We explore Feenberg’s concept of technical agency in order to understand the ways in which technological capacity might contribute to community development. We discuss three conditions of technical agency as outlined by Feenberg: power, knowledge and appropriate occasion. We consider how this framework might enable an approach to understanding the role of ICTS in the particular socio–spatial contexts in marginalised communities. In order to test Feenberg’s approach, we discuss a case study of a village in rural Brazil: Noiva do Cordeiro. The community is recognised regionally as a pioneer in the way that it has mobilised a range of ICTs for the benefit of the community. We will conclude by discussing how ICTs can reinforce existing or introduce technical agency in a Feenberg framework and how this might contribute to community development.
Lorena Melgaço; Katharine S. Willis. ICTs and Technical Agency: A Case Study of a Rural Brazilian Community. Citizen’s Right to the Digital City 2015, 101 -117.
AMA StyleLorena Melgaço, Katharine S. Willis. ICTs and Technical Agency: A Case Study of a Rural Brazilian Community. Citizen’s Right to the Digital City. 2015; ():101-117.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorena Melgaço; Katharine S. Willis. 2015. "ICTs and Technical Agency: A Case Study of a Rural Brazilian Community." Citizen’s Right to the Digital City , no. : 101-117.
In order to act in urban environments an individual accesses various types of knowledge, such as memories, spatial strategies and also information from the environment so as to develop plans and make decisions. This chapter will investigate the nature of spatial knowledge acquisition in an environmental setting by comparing performance in a task where the participants learnt the environment using spatial assistance either from a map or from a . It outlines the early results of an empirical experiment which evaluated participants’ spatial knowledge acquisition for orientation and distance estimation tasks in a large-scale urban environmental setting. The initial findings of the experiment highlight the fact that participants performed worse in distance estimation tasks than map participants and that their errors for complex routes were high. We will conclude by analysing the results of this experiment in terms of the specific types of knowledge afforded by mobile maps and the implications for spatial learning in urban environments.
Katharine S. Willis; Christoph Hölscher; Gregor Wilbertz. Understanding Mobile Spatial Interaction in Urban Environments. Advanced Intelligent Environments 2009, 119 -138.
AMA StyleKatharine S. Willis, Christoph Hölscher, Gregor Wilbertz. Understanding Mobile Spatial Interaction in Urban Environments. Advanced Intelligent Environments. 2009; ():119-138.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatharine S. Willis; Christoph Hölscher; Gregor Wilbertz. 2009. "Understanding Mobile Spatial Interaction in Urban Environments." Advanced Intelligent Environments , no. : 119-138.
We investigated the effects of different modes of information provision on spatial knowledge acquisition in a large-scale environmental setting by comparing two groups of participants; those who had learned the environment from a map and those who had learned it using a mobile map. The experiment was conducted in an external urban environment and consisted of two phases; an initial learning phase, and a testing phase where participants were asked to provide orientation, Euclidean and route distance estimates. The results show that there are differences in the spatial knowledge acquired, and that mobile map users performed worse than map users on route distance estimation. Also, only mobile map users showed differences in configurational knowledge between different types of locations. We propose that mobile map users acquire a more fragmented and regionalised knowledge representation based on strong connections between locally clustered landmarks along the route. This can be attributed both to the piecemeal presentation of views during navigation and to increased requirements on users’ attention. We conclude by discussing the implications for learning with mobile navigation applications in urban environments.
Katharine S. Willis; Christoph Hölscher; Gregor Wilbertz; Chao Li. A comparison of spatial knowledge acquisition with maps and mobile maps. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2009, 33, 100 -110.
AMA StyleKatharine S. Willis, Christoph Hölscher, Gregor Wilbertz, Chao Li. A comparison of spatial knowledge acquisition with maps and mobile maps. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2009; 33 (2):100-110.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatharine S. Willis; Christoph Hölscher; Gregor Wilbertz; Chao Li. 2009. "A comparison of spatial knowledge acquisition with maps and mobile maps." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 33, no. 2: 100-110.