Civic Tech Field Guide
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11 projects

Count the Nation

The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and Wise Entertainment have assembled a powerful coalition of experts in media, communications, data, technology and journalism to ensure everyone knows how much census participation benefits their community.

Los Angeles, CA
census

Drones & Dreams: A Speculative Sprint Story Collection

A speculative story sprint collection

Asia
2019

Civic Studios

The production house focuses on creating content in the genre of Civic Entertainment, i.e. films, TV, digital content, radio content, etc. which can be used to encourage civic participation with public institutions, and thus strengthen democracy.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Maryland
2019
culture

Disco Sour novel

“Disco Sour is a hallucinatory trip through a future which feels just a phone-swipe away. There are notes of Pynchon, Stross, Heller and Stephenson here, but this is very much Porcaro’s book. It’s wildly inventive, scarily plausible, and it’s also very, very funny.”

2018

Police Case

Police Case uses popular TV culture to educate the public about legal rights and the justice system.

Sierra Leone

Homevida

The Nigeria Integrity Film Awards (HomeVida) is a unique platform that provides incentives for young scriptwriters and filmmakers to promote integrity values using film while influencing the wider public.

House 2, Plot 622, Mercy Samuelson Estate, Karmo, Abuja

Pocket Change

‘Pocket Change’ is a Hindi digital content channel that creates relatable, comedy content for young Indians with civic engagement at its heart.

YouTube