Proposal for a Colloquium Series / Course in 2000)
at MIT
15 December 96 (last updated: 25 September 99)
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu
pfa@mit.edu
Where | Theme | Precedent | Objectives | Structure | Task Forces
WHERE: At DUSP,
MIT, with joint sponsorship with CIS (Center
for International Studies), maybe also the Political Science Dept., and
the Science, Technology and Society Program.
PROPOSED TITLE: "Citizen Participation and Information Technology:
Governing the Cities in the new millennium"
PRECEDENT: Build on last Colloquium
Advanced Technology and Low-income Communities
OBJECTIVES:
CITIDEP Objective: Contribute to build a research agenda on Information Technologies and Participatory Democracy, in particular applied to the following areas:
- City Government
- Sustainable Development
- Environmental Impact Assessment
PIT-RG Objective: Contribute to define the field of "Information Technology
and Planning" (or Informational Planning), as a theoretical, methodological
area of research in Planning, and in DUSP in particular:
- Build a research agenda and identify DUSP focus (for PSS
and the future Center for the City and Technology);
- Identify potential candidates for faculty hiring in this domain;
- Provide a focus for current research and technology developments in
DUSP in this area, increase visibility of MIT contribution;
- Compile materials pertinent to new advanced courses / new curricula
to be offered in this domain;
- Reinforce MIT ties with other research communities in this domain, and
with city planners and officials that are shaping the new millennium cities,
in USA but also in both in Europe and in developing countries;
- Identify (or promote edition of new) research journals best represent
the field and encourage student/faculty publishing colloquium-related articles.
PROPOSED STRUCTURE:
- Guest speakers: Mayors and Researchers from 3 groups of countries. Latin
America (Buenos Aires-Argentina, Portalegre-Brasil); "Nafta"(Mexico-USA-Canada);
Europe (Lisboa-Portugal, Madrid / Barcelona-Spain);
- Some sessions by means of video-link, with opportunity to test the use
of remote collaborative tools, and participatory technology (student projects)
Current TASK FORCES on the Colloquium:
CITIDEP-Portugal:
Teresa Sequeira Santos, José Manuel Palma, Viriato Soromenho Marques, Cristina Angelo Rebelo
CITIDEP-Mexico:
Alejandro Natal
CITIDEP-USA:
Clelia Guinazu, Pedro
Ferraz de Abreu, Marie McHugh, Rui Ponte, Eliana Calligaris, with the collaboration of Kim Stevenson, Chantal Benoit-Barne' and Monica Amorim.
If you are interested in helping to organize this Colloquium Series, write to Pedro
Ferraz de Abreu
citidep@netcabo.pt 
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