In this course, participants work with community partners to develop civic media projects. (Image courtesy of byrawpixel on Flickr. Used under CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Eric Gordon
MIT Course Number
CMS.362 / CMS.862
As Taught In
Fall 2020
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
The Civic Media Codesign Studio is a project-based studio course in collaborative design of civic media. Students work with a range of organizations to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. It covers theory and practice of codesign, including methods for community participation in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. This semester, the course will focus on building systems of collaboration between municipal government and local care networks to facilitate effective cocreation of policy.
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