Multi-capitalism & Cooperation Radar - Session 4, 26th November 2009

Sue introduced the fourth session which focused on two more characteristics of amplification: Multi-capitalism - fluency in working with different capitals (e.g., natural, intellectual, social, financial, virtual), and Cooperation radar - the ability to intuitively sense who would make the best collaborators on a particular task.  This was then put into practice in a workshop focussing on miniprojects to be conducted in early 2010.  The group had to agree on two objectives to supplement a core aim of the project, which is to provide practical examples of how collaborative technologies can be exploited in a city context. After some discussion they chose Objective 1:  to celebrate Leicester’s diverse communities and cultures and Objective 2: to be inclusive as possible as far as technology knowledge and its ownership allow.  They then turned to the list of 100 ideas they have been collecting in a private Googledoc and spent some time reviewing and discussing what proved to be a very eclectic set of suggestions. More work is yet to be done before the final miniproject topics are chosen, but the process is demonstrating the imagination and energy of this very hard-working group.