Blockbyggande medborgardialog i planeringen
(2016) SGEL36 20161Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- This paper is a study of how actors have chosen to utilize the videogame Minecraft, as a way of getting citizen involved in the planning of spaces. This is done by interviews with people in charged for leading the projects, in aim for answering if citizen participation is increased. But also what the method requires and who it speaks to, and what effectiveness that is achieved in the process. The material is then measured by theories in planning, citizen partic-ipation and political science. Minecraft is a great tool for attracting youth to participate, however the influence and a greater number of participant isn´t achieved. The method also shows problems that the motion created in Mine-craft is hard to utilize and share with the rest of... (More)
- This paper is a study of how actors have chosen to utilize the videogame Minecraft, as a way of getting citizen involved in the planning of spaces. This is done by interviews with people in charged for leading the projects, in aim for answering if citizen participation is increased. But also what the method requires and who it speaks to, and what effectiveness that is achieved in the process. The material is then measured by theories in planning, citizen partic-ipation and political science. Minecraft is a great tool for attracting youth to participate, however the influence and a greater number of participant isn´t achieved. The method also shows problems that the motion created in Mine-craft is hard to utilize and share with the rest of the public. However, it also noted in the interview, how Minecraft if rightly used, can open up a discussion in hard subjects in which a deliberative democracy use can occur. This is something hard to create and even when it happens it still lacking the ability to share the values found in minecraft, with the rest of the society and some concerns about it being a method mostly for males need to be lifted. (Less)
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- author
- Midbjer, David LU
- supervisor
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- Ola Hall LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Kandidatuppsats om användandet av Minecraft som verktyg i medborgardialogen
- course
- SGEL36 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Planning, Minecraft, citizen participation, civil dialogue
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8889050
- date added to LUP
- 2016-09-13 12:38:25
- date last changed
- 2016-09-13 12:38:25
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Blockbyggande medborgardialog i planeringen}},
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