Civic Interplay

An 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.

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…

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…

Introduction · The Guides

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

Training Grounds · The Guides

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…

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.

Training Grounds

WeCare

A participatory digital storytelling project for RMIT's City North Social Innovation Precinct

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?

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.

The Guides + Work Sheets

The Guides · Introduction

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.