Democracy in the wilderness?
by Molly Webb
Hyde Park is beautiful in the way of uniformly green, well-spaced trees and sculpted paths. Until you come to the bits that are slightly over-fowled or the construction areas and then you realise that wilderness might be more beautiful.
The most exciting things are happening outside of the people who want to "control" and "invent" global institutions. They are happening in the space where individual practices and behaviour, language and cultural norms are changing, and amongst people who think "the park is nice, but so is the wilderness."