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Digital totem pole

http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/project-s-interactive-totem-pole-set-up-with-a-series-of-qr-codes-1-2677697

News from the Scotsman about the installation and launch of the digital totem pole.  The pole is part of an AHRC funded Connected Communities project Community Hacking:

http://www.communityhacking.org

After a long and protracted planning process for getting permissions and a method for putting the Wester Hailes digital totem pole in the ground it’s finally in!

Thanks to all of the team who have made this possible.

Including:
Eoghan Howard –  Wester Hailes community activist
WHALE Arts Centre (particularly Alan Farmer and Alison Reeves)
West Edinburgh Time Bank (particularly Tracey Lee)
Prospect Community Housing (particularly Roy Mccrone and Caroline)
Wester Hailes Health Agency
The Dove Centre
Gate 55
RCAHMS – Rebecca Bailey and Philip Graham
Tales of Things (read-write QR technology) – Jane Macdonald
Chris Speed, University of Edinburgh
Martin Phillips, University of Leicester
Peter Matthews, Heriot Watt University
Sharon Baurley, Brunel University

Official launch is on Monday 10th of Dec by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh