Gamifying Social Action Towards Thriving Cities.
Gamifying Social Action Towards Thriving Cities.
Gamifying Social Action Towards Thriving Cities.
By Sofia Kavlin
November 12, 2021
Summary
C40's Thriving Cities initiative is being piloted in Amsterdam, Portland, and Philadelphia to help transform cities' economies into thriving systems.
Understanding how games can prime social, collaborative action can help us develop strategies that make the most of community action in post-covid economic recoveries.
Gamifying Amsterdam's structural vision 2040 would turn its goal of achieving an economically stable and resilient recovery into clear goals and actionable steps that people can engage with on their own time to win the game.
The more time we spend interacting within a social game space, the more likely we will generate prosocial emotions like compassion, pride, and complicity that are critical for activating collaborative action.
Gamifying Amsterdam's structural vision would take community stakeholders out of the boardroom and into the game space, where their effortful cognition is less likely to kick in in pervasive ways.
If cities stand a chance of attaining the goals outlined in their economic recovery plans, they need to transform the city into a game that everyone can play.
Policymakers can contribute to changing the game's rules by thinking about which behaviors their city is currently rewarding and designing creative ways to streamline the behaviors that would exist in the thriving city of the future.
Reference
Kavlin, S. (2021, November 12). Gamifying social action towards thriving cities. -. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://www.ludogogy.co.uk/article/gamifying-social-action-towards-thriving-cities/