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Everyday democracy takes on NY
at 11:21am on Saturday, 19th May 2007
The second day of the pdf conference has taken on the form of an 'unconference'. It's led by the attendees - no star speakers, no pre-determined agenda. So we took the opportunity to hold a session on everyday democracy - we'll let you know how we get on.
UPDATE: I think Molly, Niamh and I consider the unconference a resounding success. Beginning the day with a few mimosas (apparently the term for champagne and orange juice) certainly helped, but the session we ran prompted a fascinating debate about how the idea of everyday democracy translated in the american context, and further what role technology plays in it.
There was naturally a tendency on the previous day (at the PDF conference 'proper') to focus on how these technologies are influencing how the presidential candidates are talking to or with people voting for them. There was a lot of talk (most notably perhaps from Yochai Benkler) about peer-to-peer conversations and knowledge building, but perhaps not too much beyond that around connecting that thinking to how politics and democracy in their broadest sense works. It was great, with a group of really interesting people, to see how the ways we think about everyday democracy translate to the US context. The subtitle 'Why we get the poltiicians we deserve' feel perhaps more mischievous than ever...
UPDATE: I think Molly, Niamh and I consider the unconference a resounding success. Beginning the day with a few mimosas (apparently the term for champagne and orange juice) certainly helped, but the session we ran prompted a fascinating debate about how the idea of everyday democracy translated in the american context, and further what role technology plays in it.
There was naturally a tendency on the previous day (at the PDF conference 'proper') to focus on how these technologies are influencing how the presidential candidates are talking to or with people voting for them. There was a lot of talk (most notably perhaps from Yochai Benkler) about peer-to-peer conversations and knowledge building, but perhaps not too much beyond that around connecting that thinking to how politics and democracy in their broadest sense works. It was great, with a group of really interesting people, to see how the ways we think about everyday democracy translate to the US context. The subtitle 'Why we get the poltiicians we deserve' feel perhaps more mischievous than ever...
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