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In this paper we present the history and declining participation in Danish residents’ democracy, and we discuss the possibilities for ICT based solutions exemplified in three design interventions in a housing organization. In particular we discuss the relation between computerized democracy, ICT supported access to democratic processes, and ITC support for community building and inclusion.
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I want to thank my students Thomas Heath, Mikkel Kjeldsen, Anders V. Borrits and Christian B. Møller for collaboration and for providing empirical background; Henrik Korsgaard and other colleagues for discussions; people in the housing sector, including Søren Høgsberg, for collaboration and discussions over the last 20 years.
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Bertelsen, O.W. (2016). Local Decision Making as a Design Opportunity. In: De Angeli, A., Bannon, L., Marti, P., Bordin, S. (eds) COOP 2016: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, 23-27 May 2016, Trento, Italy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33464-6_15
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