Rethinking Broadcast – What 5G Means for the Future of Radio in the UK
As the pace of change in media and communications continues, one emerging technology that’s starting to gain attention is 5G Broadcast. Unlike the 5G we […]
Smart City
Leicester Smart City – Community Reporting Toolkit Discussion
On the 22nd of June, Professor Edward Cartwright and Rob Watson of Decentered Media, hosted a workshop: “Empowering Communities: How to Design a Smart City […]
Empowering Communities – The Community Reporter Model for Engaging Diverse Voices in Smart City Design
The speed at which urban life and information systems are becoming conjoined is breathtaking. Even in a mid-size Northern European city like Leicester, the pace […]
Using AI to as a Task Assistant & Creative Tool
I’m always weary of the hype that surrounds the introduction of a new media technology. I wasn’t an early adopter of the Internet, nor was […]
Community Media Discussion – Community Reporting and AI
In this week’s community media discussion, we are going to think about how AI and generative media systems, like ChatGPT and Midjourney, will change the […]
Community Media Discusion – Community Reporting Model
In this week’s community media discussion we are going to think about how we can develop an autocatalytic model for community reporting. In other words, […]
Leicester Smart City – Wrap-Up Discussion
The Leicester Smart City project had a wrap-up discussion, so we could reflect on the process of gathering and sharing stories, and think about how […]
Leicester Smart City – Public Engagement Gaming Event
Last week we held a public engagement event, so we could find out more about what people think of Leicester as smart city. Rather than […]
Leicester Smart City – Professor Simon Rogerson Ethical Digital Technologies
Today we attended a presentation by Professor Simon Rogerson of De Montfort University about the need for investment in the ethical understanding of digital technologies. […]
Leicester Smart City Vox-Pops Wednesday 14th September
On Wednesday, we paid a visit to the Compass exhibition in Jubilee Square in Leicester, part of the British Science Festival taking place this week. […]
Leicester Smart City – Gail Brown Leicester Coffee House
Yesterday we chatted with Gail Brown, who runs Leicester Coffee House, which is a social enterprise that is using digital technologies to improve the running […]
Leicester Smart City Discussion – Wednesday 7th September
Today we came together to discuss our experience of Leicester as a Smart City. We explored what our experience has been of living in a […]
Leicester Smart City Planning Reflection Wednesday 31st August 2022
Madina This is a reflection of what we did today. So, today’s, obviously Wednesday 31st August. We have made FAQs to send out to delegates. […]
Leicester Smart City Public Engagement Event Planning
Today’s Leicester Smart City Community Reporter planning session at Solvers Studio, was a full day of thinking and testing ideas and assumptions about what we […]
Leicester Smart City Challenges
What does it mean to live in a city in the UK is an interesting question, particularly in the early twenty-first century? Even more interesting […]