Using Minecraft for Youth Participation in Urban Design ...

USING MINECRAFT FOR YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN URBAN DESIGN AND

GOVERNANCE

USING MINECRAFT FOR YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN URBAN DESIGN

AND GOVERNANCE

Using Minecraft for Youth Participation in Urban Design and Governance

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Acknowledgements Authors: Pontus Westerberg & Fanny von Heland The authors would like to thank the following individuals whose contributions helped to make this publication possible: Douglas Ragan, Jose Chong, Cecilia Andersson, Jon-Andreas Solberg, Alfonso Govela, Rasmus Precht, P.S Yoshi and all the staff at the Centre for Integrated Urban Development, Nepal.

UN-Habitat would like to thank Mojang for its generous support to Block by Block and the Global Programme on Public Space and Ericsson Sustainability Research for the social impact assessment of the use of Minecraft in Nepal.

Design and Layout: Peter Cheseret

CONTENTS

Introduction...................................................................................................................1 Background...................................................................................................................2 Minecraft for community participation.......................................................................3 Case studies...................................................................................................................6

Initial test of methodology in Kibera, Nairobi.............................................................6 Developing the process in Les Cayes, Haiti.................................................................9 Crowdsourcing public space ideas with youth at Aldea Digital, Mexico City.............12 Evaluation of the Minecraft process in Kirtipur, Nepal..............................................16 Conclusion...................................................................................................................17 Bibliography................................................................................................................18

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