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 === The city ===
-The other main focus for learning is the city and the many different expressions (and problematics) of its urban culture. Like the Open Web, we consider the city to be both a sparking point for acquiring significant knowledge but also a platform for gathering and sharing what has been learned or is understood. The urban environment is a playground for discovering places and people, often aided by the use of digital tools, but also for teaching in a distributed way using public spaces as a platform or stage.
+The other main focus for learning is the city and the many different expressions (and problematics) of its urban culture. Like the Open Web, we consider the city to be both a sparking point for acquiring significant knowledge but also a platform for gathering and sharing what has been learned or is understood. The urban environment is a playground for discovering places and people, often aided by the use of digital tools, but also for teaching in a distributed way using public spaces as platforms or stages.
 The intersection between being a digital citizen and a urban learner provides a wide path for exploring, thinking and showing one's views about sustainability, conflict, context, aesthetics, and feelings. Via the screens of mobile devices or computers, in particular, urban streets can be discovered by learners in an entirely new way: as being full of data that is waiting for meaning.