AÑO
2017
CATEGORÍA
Comunidad
OBJETIVOS
Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
PAL. CLAVE
citizen-participation , gameification , information
PAÍS
New Zealand
CRÉDITOS
Design+Democracy Project, a research unit established within Massey University’s College of Creative Arts, and is made in collaboration with the great folks at Springload. Our core team consists of Karl Kane, Tim Parkin, and Thomas Le Bas. The Springload team of Josh Barr, Bron Thomson, Vincent Audebert, Loïc Teixeira, and Charlotte Cami made things real — équipe de grâce! The beautiful illustrations were realised by Chloe Lassen. Thanks goes to an amazing number of wonderful people who helped make this initiative possible, especially: Claire Robinson, Sue Elliott, Richard McMillan, John (Neo) Anderson, Alexandra Hollis, Stephen Mills and the team at UMR, Jack Vowles, and Andy Asquith.
LINK
https://www.votelocal.nz/
VoteLocal
A game helping kiwis take part in the future for their cities and spike conversations.
In 2013, New Zealand’s national voter turnout for mayoral elections dropped to 41%, with young people (18–24). VoteLocal is a game-based questionnaire that guides people towards the mayoral candidate whose policies and ideals best match up with their own. It provides information about the candidates and what they stand for, informs users about what councils do, and debunks the assumption that they aren’t relevant. Votelocal hope that the game will spark conversations about local politics with friends and family.
The questionnaire is simple and easy to pick up; respond to the first 12 questions by indicating how you would prioritise competing statements. This asks you to balance demands and interests for resources, just as councils need to do everyday. VoteLocal’s questions draw off extensive research into the literature exploring voter participation, with special consideration to that published by Local Government New Zealand.