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Gaming Techniques for Citizen Engagement May 27, 2004 - by Ian Bogost Chris Quigley, from the British organizational consultantcy Delib, has published Game On: A thought paper on the use of gaming techniques for citizen engagement and e-participation (120k Word Doc). Here's the abstract:
In this paper Chris Quigley examines the applicability of gaming techniques in citizenship engagement and e-participation. The paper looks at three main areas: (1) The need for more effective citizenship engagement techniques; (2) The commonality between gaming and citizenship engagement; (3) Recommendations based on developing more effective democratic environments
The paper also cites several example games that were new to me: (thanks to Barry) Comment from Roland on October 23, 2004
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