Abstract Summary
NewEarth is a negotiation game (5-7 players) for stakeholders from transdisciplinary collaborations to explore a new role as they embark on a journey to build a new smart city on the newly discovered planet NewEarth. During the game, stakeholders will take on a different role involved in city-making by playing as a policy maker, company owner, researcher, citizen or nature. All roles start with the same decision power and, possibly, with a different vision for their new city. Players, as their roles, will have to define their individual vision for the future city based on their, real or fictional, belief system. The game embraces the multitude of perspectives living in our cities through three (3) different game phases. First, players select resources by defining what they consider to be positive and negative practices/elements on our current cities. Second, they discuss the possibilities of using smart city technologies on NewEarth. Lastly, they negotiate on how to use their resources to build a new city that accommodates the needs of everyone at the table. Will they be able to build a city in which they all want to live? The game ends with a group reflection on the collaborative process experienced in building their city. This 3-hour game workshop is meant for any stakeholder involved in city-making, such as the roles in the game. The audience may include those involved in policy making, smart/urban technologies, researchers, and citizens. [This game workshop can only accommodate 1 gameplay of up to 7 participants, additional workshop sessions are possible as long as it does not run in parallel.] This game workshop does not require any previous knowledge on city-making nor in smart urban technologies. The design and mechanics of the game aim to remove the technical terminology often used when discussing (smart) technological systems. The outcome of this workshop will inform the future development of NewEarth. Moreover, participants will gain insights into the potential and challenges of embracing the multitude of perspectives in the transdisciplinary city-making process. The invitation is open to participants interested in experiencing new ways to discover how others want their city to be built.
