What is it about?
This paper discusses the use of game playing to increase community engagement and democratic engagement in local communities. Game playing can require sophisticated digital equipment, or it can use a simple set of playing cards. The paper provides case study examples where game playing has been used in public consultation exercises to explain key points.
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Why is it important?
In many countries in the global north there is little community engagement. This paper discusses some of the reasons why that may be the case. The focus on game playing is important because we need to devise new innovative methods to engage with the public we serve.
Perspectives
This paper will help people realise there are different ways of knowing, when it comes to evaluation a public or social good. That concept applies when discussing a community improvement or regeneration scheme.
Dr Benjamin Duke
University of Leicester
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This page is a summary of: Shift in Balance: UK Perspective on Democratic Deficit Addressed by Participatory Turn and Gamification, Studia Humanistyczne AGH, January 2022, AGHU University of Science and Technology Press,
DOI: 10.7494/human.2022.21.4.61.
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