Voices of the City

Voices of the City (Byens Stemmer) is a citizen involvement process focussing on gathering values and ideas for the future Multimedia Library in Århus. Furthermore the project covers a range of experiments with experience centred design and spatial interaction design.

Quicktime movie: Byens Stemmer - The setup for the proces in Aarhus main library

Voices of the City is an interactive exhibition concept that allows the users to move a table-like setup on which a screen displays a section of a map of Århus, Denmark or the World. The user can choose between the three maps and by physically moving the table pan the digital section of the map. On each map the user can find and hear context specific scenarios. In addition comments can be stored at specific locations on the map by talking to the table and hereby allowing the users to share their opinions.

For one moth in spring 2006 one table at the Main Library in Aarhus and one table in the Aarhus Kunstbygning were gathering the users’ voices all along the opinions was synchronizes with a website: www.byensstemmer.dk

Link to further Danish information

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Related publications:

• Nye Anvendelser af Interaktive Teknologier i Rumligt Design
  Situated Computing: afsæt i rum, sted & tid
  English title: New use of Interactive Technologies in Spatial Design
  Nielsen, R. 2006
  PhD thesis

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