Comments on: Unhacking Digital Government https://techandsocialchange.mit.edu/2018/10/10/unhacking-digital-government/ MAS.S63 Fall 2018 | Wednesdays 10-1 in E15-341 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 By: muthui https://techandsocialchange.mit.edu/2018/10/10/unhacking-digital-government/#comment-2138 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:42:12 +0000 http://techandsocialchange2017.wordpress.brownbag.me/?p=1089#comment-2138 A. The value that struck me as powerful, intriguing and unexpected is ’empathy’. I agree that many of the issues that are listed in the post are as a result of the lack of respect and understanding from the relevant parties. Empathy is a critical mindset that is integral in a design process. Without empathy, the process will most likely fail.

B. An additional value that I would include is ‘collaboration’. At the beginning of the unhackathon (and at subsequent stages), both hackers and government officials should work together to share insights, best practices and advice .

C. I can play a role in making this convening happening by offering my skills in user-centered design and facilitating participatory design workshops. I like the idea of an ‘unhackthon’ and in fact, I may adopt the ideologies of this particular convening in my future workshops! 🙂

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