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Published in: HomePrivatising the common fisheries policy
This vital matter of public concern, with far-reaching ramifications for our relationship to nature should be...
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Published in: HomeMedia activism in the World Social Forum
'Communicate to mobilise to communicate'. The WSF has been referred to as an emergent global public sphere; however,...
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Published in: HomeThe creation of publics for Aboriginal rights in Canada
The Canadian publics who take an interest in Aboriginal rights are contested. Not all agree on the federal role in...
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Published in: HomeFriction zones and emergent publics in Stockholm parklife
Finding ways to deal with friction zones in public spaces such as parks is highly pertinent for both urban democracy...
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Published in: openIndiaPublic against Democracy: the case of the Gujarat Pogrom 2002
The pogrom was not only publicly visible for the local population – as had always been the case with earlier...
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Published in: HomeModesty against the cuts: museums + public + democracy + personal
How people sharing personal experiences through a museum digital storytelling project use ideas of courtesy instead...
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Published in: HomeGlobal trade politics and the spectre of the public
This opening paper of the workshop, Creating publics, Creating democracies (see this week's theme) explores the...
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Published in: HomeCreating publics, opening democracies: introducing the week
Calls for democracy echo around us, but what kind of democracy are people calling for? Some focus on the...
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Published in: HomeAssembly publics and the problem of hegemony in consensus decision-making
The point of looking at how consensus is actually established in practice is to see that despite the fundamental...