Theme : everydaydemocracy
- Everyday democracy takes on NY 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. from : petebradwell 19th May 2007
- BE A PODCAST Vol. 2, ep. 2: Bryony Randall Dr Bryony Randall is a lecturer at The University of Glamorgan. Later this year she will publish “Modernism, Daily Time and Everyday Life” (Cambridge University Press), a work of literary criticism looking at the emergence of conceptions of “everyday life” in modernist writing.In this cast she discusses the emergence of competing understandings of everyday life at the start the Century. She explains that it is impossible to talk about what everyday activities are,... from : petebradwell 21st February 2007
- de Tocqueville, de Schmocqueville - conversation's not declining Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote of the 'strange unsociability and reserved and taciturn disposition of the English'. There's an article in this week's Economist looking at conversation in history that makes for interesting reading. from : samjones 20th December 2006
- FOIbles The Freedom of Information Act has been in force for a year and a half now. It's an extremely important piece of legislation, promising to help alter the relationship between state and citizen - between state officials and members of the public. It's vital for anyone looking to fan the flames of people-led politics and to empower communities to develop mechanisms to wield real power over their lives and places.As the Campaign for Freedom of Information have shown with this, a stack of... from : petebradwell 4th August 2006