ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates some of the difficulties that exist in participating in planning matters. It discusses methods that encourage people to participate through open discussions about experiences and feelings about place, and how these can be used to foster a more inclusive dialogue about the future of places people care about. The chapter includes a discussion on how human computing interaction has engaged with planning, and the new opportunities technologies provide in reframing participation through digital civics. Given the opportunities afforded by designing technologies and deploying them within communities, the research will endeavour to understand, through the design, piloting, and evaluation of digital technologies, the role of participation technologies in enabling enhanced participation. DiSalvo et al. describes how the prototypes are used to express matters of concern, and how through designing, deploying, and evaluating technologies, more constructive conversations around issues can be developed about the role the technology might have in aiding participation.
