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<\/a><\/p>\nThe other key development has been the BARTER website, the key purpose of which is to allow users to explore the trading data collected by the system. We are currently in the process of developing a visualisation that will not only educate the Lancaster community about the flow of money around (and out of) their economy, but will also motivate them to do more of their spending locally.<\/p>\n
One proposed visualisation is shown below, although we plan to conduct interviews and focus groups to help us determine the best way to display this information.<\/p>\n
We are nearly done developing another visualisation that maps the connections between various traders around Lancaster, which will look something like this:<\/p>\n You can access the latest information and videos for BARTER at barterproject.org<\/a><\/p>\n We have also had some success with publications. Our first publication, presented at Academic MindTrek \u201913, is available for download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a forthcoming IT Professional article \u2013 to appear in the special edition on mobile commerce \u2013 we describe the concept behind the BARTER system. And in a conference paper for CHI \u201914, we discuss how BARTER relates to sustainability, and why solutions such as this would benefit the cause.<\/p>\n We have also had a paper accepted for the CSCW 2014 workshop on Co-creating & Identity-making in CSCW: revisiting ethics in design research which explores the ethics of persuasive technology.<\/p>\n For more information on BARTER, visit our webpage<\/a> and our Facebook page<\/a>. Further details on the BARTER concept and how the system works are presented in the videos found here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n