Computer Games and Social Innovation: Participation through Micro-contributions

Mette Wichmand

doi:10.4324/9781315700298-13

Computer Games and Social Innovation: Participation through Micro-contributions

Bidragets oversatte titel: Computer Spil og Social Innovation: Deltagelse gennem micro donationer

Mette Wichmand

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

The article describes a case study of the World Bank's social innovation game called Urgent Evoke. The case shows that the social innovations generated by a small group of players rest upon the contributions and collaboration offered by the larger social network of gamers. The article argues that our notion of participation is too narrow and blind to many forms of micro donations and that by extending the concept of participation we can make more inclusive designs that can catch and facilitate important micro donations

Bidragets oversatte titel	Computer Spil og Social Innovation: Deltagelse gennem micro donationer
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Community governance and citizen-driven initiatives in climate change mitigation
Redaktører	Jens Hoff, Quentin Gausset
Antal sider	15
Udgivelsessted	Abingdon
Forlag	Routledge
Publikationsdato	2016
Sider	234-248
Kapitel	13
ISBN (Trykt)	9781138901094, 9781138091344
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9781315700298
DOI	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315700298-13
Status	Udgivet - 2016

Navn	Routledge advances in climate change research

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10.4324/9781315700298-13

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