Entry #44

The ANTI-APP

Aida Adcock Colas

Facundo Viera Pérez

A proposal for a system consisting of a software app that prevents access to any social networking services, and physical rooms in the city within which all wireless communication is blocked. Provides moments of refuge from digital technology, in an era where privacy is increasingly becoming a privilege.

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• Metadata:
• • The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
    1  (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech)
• • Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
    1  (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific)
• • Degree of commercial potential
    1  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    3  (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change)
• • Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    3  (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change)
• • Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
    1  (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)