Digital Public Spaces

Without social trust it is impossible to build complex democratic societies. In this lecture we explore how the construction of trust is historically interlinked with information technology, the understanding of objective truth, the ability to scale human cooperation and the sense of community. This societal entanglement can be called the ‘architecture of trust’. In this session ... Read moreA Short History of Trust (+ Other Speculations) Infrastructures of Trust

Amsterdam and Waag develop the digital public space together with several partners in the city. The space consists of applications that allow Amsterdam residents to develop themselves, their opinions and to influence the developments in their city. How does this digital public space differ from the internet as we know it? Are there similarities with ... Read moreDigital public space development by and for Amsterdam

What do you imagine a digital public space looks like? Can a space be digital? What is public space? What is needed for something to be digital public? Philosophical questions with practical consequences. Because what is necessary to develop and maintain such a digital public space? Who decides? The government of the public? And can ... Read moreWhat could the Digital Public Space be?

Invitation only Vormen micro credentials een goede digitale ondersteuning van de sociale basis? Micro credentials zijn digitale bewijzen die een aanbieder van maatschappelijke participatie kan uitgeven aan een burger en waarmee de burger aan een werkgever of opleiding zijn ervaring of competenties kan aantonen. Micro credentials zijn dus ook erkenningen voor vrijwilligerswerk en kunnen dat ... Read moreSocietal curriculum and micro credentials – INVITATION ONLY

24 years after Google launched their browser, we have slowly come to realize that the largest marketing corporation in the world built its business by encouraging us to give away all of our personal data. In stark contrast, financial regulations have existed for far longer that don’t allow banks to give away information about our ... Read moreBank’s don’t hold your money, they hold your data

The public space is increasingly digitized, for instance by using sensors (e.g., measuring devices, cameras). The City of Amsterdam is designing an assessment framework for placing sensors. During Society 5.0 Festival, the City of Amsterdam would love to hear also your thoughts, especially about urban aspects that you care about and you might be concerned ... Read moreConsideration framework for sensors Desk

Datacommons are data platforms in which the community collectively defines the rules for access and use and where a balance is achieved between sharing and protecting data. Datacommons are a central part of the community economy: an economic model in which cooperation and profit sharing are central. Waag explores the (technical) design and developmental requirements ... Read moreData Commons