By Marlon & René Parker

Reconstructing Community Spaces “Athlone Living Lab”

Substance Abuse

Depression HIV/AIDS

TENSION

Abuse

Teenage pregnancy

Stress

Suicide

Debt

Gangsterism

Reconstructing Communities in Tension

Government Academia

Industry

Community

Innovation Partnerships

CommunityChampions

Workshops

Presentations

Site visits Development Space

Interaction Space

Open Forums

NGO Partners

Work Groups Steering Committee

Academia

Interaction Space

Networks

Research

Internships

Research Visits

International Collaborations

Work Groups

Incubation Space

MOU

Government

Industry

Endorsements

Steering Committee

Services

Work Groups

Incubation Space

Agreements

Contract Research

Agencies

Internships

Project FocusRole of Innovative ICT Solutions to facilitate:

– care of citizens (social impact)– dissemination of information, e.g., to inform

citizens about the problems, their consequences and preventative mechanisms;

– education of citizens, e.g., train citizens specific skills etc.

– Enterprise Development

Care Inform Educate

Innovation

Empowerment

Enterprise

Research

Living Lab

A Living Lab is a user-driven research methodology for sensing, prototyping,

validating and refining complex solutions in multiple and evolving real life contexts.

A Living Lab is a system for building future economy in which real-life user-centric

research and innovation will be a normal co-creation technique for new products, services

and societal infrastructure.

Key Concepts

“It is a human-centric Research and Development approach to ICT solutions

and innovations”

“A user community driven innovation based on real life experiments”

Interaction Space

UniversityCommunity

Incubation Innovation

Space

Community Development

Space

Socio-Techno “Bridge”

Athlone Living Lab (ALL)

“A reconstructing interaction space for collaborative design, creation,

dissemination and application of knowledge for empowerment, upliftment

and development of people and communities in or headed for tension

through the use of innovative ICT solutions.”

Social Impact

www.thereconstructed.com www.mom2zero.com

Advice Support

Sample Conversation #14:17 PM @mxit: i need support me: how can i help4:19 PM @mxit: im using tik and desperately need help coz I have

a 9 month old baby.4:20 PM me: well we are here to help4:21 PM @mxit: r u there me: yes  how long hav u been using?4:22 PM @mxit: 6 years nd im only 18 nw me: well are you willing to come and see someone in person?4:23 PM  @mxit: yes i am. where me: we are based in Bridgetown  66 Tarentaal Rd4:26 PM u free during the day?@mxit:yes i did nd thanx i'll come in next week.

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2:58 PM @mxit: im new 2 ths so nt sure hw it wrks.3:00 PM me: u talk .. i listen .. and try and help3:02 PM @mxit: im a drug addict and i need help pls3:05 PM me: Ok ,what are you addicted too if i may ask @mxit: 26 female, married wit 2 kids 3:07 PM Tik3:08 PM me: ok,and how long have you been using for???3:09 PM @mxit: Marriage totaly messd up3:11 PM me: how long have you been using and how long have you been married for???is your husband using aswell3:12 PM @mxit: 6yrs usin, married 2yrs, yes my husband usin 23:13 PM me: is using as long as you are???3:14 PM @mxit: no cud b 3yrs3:17 PM me: ok,and have you tried to stop using before

Sample Conversation #2

3:18 PM @mxit: yes and i didnt find it dificult eitha3:19 PM The last i stopd was nw late last yr. 4 4mo. me: and what was the longest that you stopped??3:20 PM @mxit: nw 4mo3:23 PM lft my husb few wks jus b4 xmas. stopd a wile b4

tht.day b4 new we hookd up agn and the nly way 2 gt thru 2 hm was wen i gave in.

3:24 PM me: thats good but the problem is that you need support,how did it happen that you went back to using after so long

3:32 PM me: what happened after you relapsed after 4 months

3:38 PM @mxit: We wer stl 2getha stronger than eva. stil using, moved out of cpt 2 start fresh elsewhr. thn after 2wks stil goin strong had 2 mve bk 2 cpt bcoz job opportunities bigger in cpt. and tht wen it al went dwn from thr. stil using drug, bt it went back 2 square 1. plus minus 2mo bk he finaly gt job. lng distance driver. and he jus changd drasticaly once agn. havnt seen or heard of hm nw 4 ova 2wks

Angel24 Hour Service

Easy Access

Advice

Buddy List

Help at your Fingertips

Stakeholders NetworkAcademia

CPUTUWC – FSIUUCTStellenbosch UniversityUniversity ofSouthampton (UK)Malmö University (Sweden)Kuopio University (Finland)University of PretoriaNMMU

CommunityImpact DirectBridgetown CivicAthlone Youth andFamily Centre Athlone SAPSAthlone Schools Network

Industry

LLiSA MXit Lifestyle NetSquared COFISA

PodCART Cell-Life Afrivate Tabeisa

JJeRR RSAWeb CCSLA DELL SA-DF

Government

City of Cape Town

Dept. Social Development

Em

bedding in ALL

Critical mass of usersLow

High

High

Service fully funded

Self sustaining service

Fully funded pilot/demo Endorsed service

ALL product/service portfolio

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bedding in ALL

Critical mass of usersLow

High

High

Angel Service

Advice Support

ALL 0.1

Mom 2.0

CAS

The Reconstructed

ALL product/service portfolio

PAS

DAS

Self sustaining service

Endorsed serviceFully funded pilot/demo

Service fully funded

MedBxHBCC

DB

Em

bedding in ALL

Critical mass of usersLow

High

High

Angel Service

Advice Support

ALL 0.1

Mom 2.0

CAS

The Reconstructed

ALL product/service portfolio

PAS

Collaboration Expansion

DAS

Increase user base

Include Commercial Targets

Self sustaining service

Endorsed serviceFully funded pilot/demo

Service fully funded

MedBxHBCC

DB

“It is touching to see District Six people coming back and

benefiting from the very institution that was initially intended to

showcase that they will never come back…”

Prof. Mikko Korpela,

Finland - 2004

Thank You

www.all.org.za / www.marlonparker.co.za

parkerm@cput.ac.za rene@impactdirect.org.za

Marlon Parker / Rene Parker

@marlonparker / @reneparker

marlonct / reneparker

+2776 403 4920 / +2779 811 8536