Difference between revisions of "Civic Experiment & Wiki Challenge"
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# Make sense and present the collective knowledge base to policymakers, NGOs & academics at roundtables or community forums. | # Make sense and present the collective knowledge base to policymakers, NGOs & academics at roundtables or community forums. | ||
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| − | + | [[Main Page|socialcollab.sg]] is an open collaboration initiative working towards a ground-up understanding of social needs, gaps and solutions in Singapore through this online wiki platform and offline networks centred on target populations. ]]Find at least one friend to form a small group to start (Feb 2020). | |
# Agree on a social cause (e.g., [[Seniors]]), community asset (e.g., [[Community Arts|Community Artists]]) or locality (e.g., [[Whampoa]]) in Singapore. | # Agree on a social cause (e.g., [[Seniors]]), community asset (e.g., [[Community Arts|Community Artists]]) or locality (e.g., [[Whampoa]]) in Singapore. | ||
# Populate a wiki page with what you know, from research to newspaper articles to hearsay - citing sources appropriately. You are encouraged to populate at least 1 item a week (and keep a record of your contributions). | # Populate a wiki page with what you know, from research to newspaper articles to hearsay - citing sources appropriately. You are encouraged to populate at least 1 item a week (and keep a record of your contributions). | ||
Revision as of 02:39, 8 January 2020
Objectives
To bring and support interested parties to voluntarily come together to collectively make sense of social issues: information, resources, needs, gaps and ideas/solutions.
Concept
- Adopt a domain page (Social Cause, Community Asset or Locality) and populate it from 1 Feb to July 2020.
- Interest and recruit others to do it together with you
- Consult and engage experts to give you insights and work together, if you like
- Make sense and present the collective knowledge base to policymakers, NGOs & academics at roundtables or community forums.
Process
socialcollab.sg is an open collaboration initiative working towards a ground-up understanding of social needs, gaps and solutions in Singapore through this online wiki platform and offline networks centred on target populations. ]]Find at least one friend to form a small group to start (Feb 2020).
- Agree on a social cause (e.g., Seniors), community asset (e.g., Community Artists) or locality (e.g., Whampoa) in Singapore.
- Populate a wiki page with what you know, from research to newspaper articles to hearsay - citing sources appropriately. You are encouraged to populate at least 1 item a week (and keep a record of your contributions).
- While you might start with a main page, you can create as many sub-pages where you think it makes sense. For example, Disability is a hub page for sub-pages such as Hearing Impairment, Arts & Disability.
- Recruit others to help populate information, and check in weekly with them.
- Document what you and your immediate recruits have contributed - just cut & paste to in a Google doc
- Ask for feedback and highlight any challenges faced – also cut & paste this to Google doc
- Forward issues or any requests for IPS to help with - contact Andrew (andrew.lim@nus.edu.sg) or Justin (justin.lee@nus.edu.sg). We can provide technical assistance or research suggestions, e.g. search strategy or how to integrate bits of info if you are not sure where or how it fits.
- At the end of July 2020, take stock of the whole knowledge base you have consolidated (with whoever is interested to in your network), and present key findings to IPS.
- Teams will have the chance to present to parties in the sector, with best presentations (assessed for quantity and quality of knowledge) also eligible for a larger Community Forum in Oct 2020.
Significance
- Acquire skills on needs assessments and asset mapping. Wiki pages are structured in a needs assessment format, and records useful resources and assets. Participants can also gain experience engaging with policymakers and NGOs.
- Contribute to policy or practice. Presentation to policymakers, NGOs and academics helps inform the work they do, and also gives useful exposure and contributes to participants' own CV.
- Democratisation of research. Allows those without a voice to meaningfully contribute to a collective knowledge base instead of rely on others to define the issues for them.
What Next?
Contact Andrew (andrew.lim@nus.edu.sg) or Justin (justin.lee@nus.edu.sg) to find out more!