Civic Interplay / Think
Reading
Essays, notes, and field reports. Some long, some short. All work in progress — you are welcome to disagree with any of it.
- Training Grounds
Civic Interplay Toolkit is live
The Civic Interplay Toolkit Civic Interplay began as a space for reflection on the question: what does it mean to become-citizen in an era of planetary co-intelligence? But reflection without…
- Work Sheets
What's the ecological footprint of your digital life?
What's the material intensity of your digital footprint? This experimental calculator creates a material footprint of a gen-AI conversation.
- Introduction
What can you do here?
Civic Interplay is a Think + Do Space. It's inspired by the idea that change not only comes from tools and skills and facts, but also different imaginaries, and different ways of seeing the world.
- Training Grounds
They gathered inside a makeshift structure at De Ceuvel.
Irina was there to hug people on arrival. Many had not yet met. Some had cycled here from nearby, others had left their bicycles at home, flown by aircraft, walked, caught the train across Europe.
- Introduction
Learning to be Planetary Citizens: An Introduction
Somehow, in the not too distant past, who we are as citizens changed. Our allegiances shifted, our field of vision changed. Our everyday sensory realities morphed. Somehow, we became citizens of a…
- The Guides
Can we shift our mindset?
Many of us spend huge amounts of time online and connected, but are worried about the negative impacts of digital technology - on the planet, on our mental health, on our politics, maybe in our communities.These are important things to worry about. But we also need to try to make better.
- Introduction
The Active Interface
Learning (again) from Ursula LeGuin The late science fiction writer Ursula LeGuin, in her infinite wisdom, shared a definition of technology that resonates here deeply. Technology, she said, is the…
- Training Grounds
WeCare
A participatory digital storytelling project for RMIT's City North Social Innovation Precinct
- Introduction
What is Civic Interplay?
Civic Interplay is a space for reflection on a basic question: What does it mean to become-citizen in an era of planetary intelligence and sovereign AI? It's a kind of micro politics for a macro age.…
- Training Grounds
My dear Albert Einstein, what's happening to you?
Einstein's afterlives continue to morph and change. How do we protect what we love most about this creative misfit?
- The Guides
Mystical language loops: A moment with Walter Benjamin
A refreshed newsletter focus for 2025, and an actual-imaginary encounter with Walter Benjamin to guide a mystical love of language & storytelling.
- Training Grounds
You, me, data and the city
Is the data-rich city taking on a life of its own? And can Hugh Stretton’s Ideas for Australian Cities help us navigate its hazards? Originally published in 2019.