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Published in: HomeParticipation and giftsIn the United Kingdom a tendency that reached its nadir with the concept of ‘The Big Society’, can be seen in the...
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Published in: HomeA dialogue on ‘barriers’ to participation and capitalist temporalitiesComing together can make it possible to live more and work less. Doing things collectively is the only way we can be...
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Published in: HomeFutures of an unlived past: participation, Plymouth architecture and the voices of the deadPerhaps it is impossible to create a participatory democracy through participatory means. The solution developed...
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Published in: HomeOn visiting forgotten tombsA good life, in this context, is not immortalised in either great poetry or grand monuments to heroic men, but is...
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Published in: HomeParticipating with objectsTrue names have existed for millennia and can be traced through many cultural histories. What is the relevance of...
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Published in: HomeFacilitation as creative bricolage: opening participatory democracy’s black boxWith our Indian collaborators we embarked on a creative campaign to defend the integrity of a process that had...
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Published in: HomeInvolving others: from toolkit to ethos for a different kind of democracyAuthority is a capacity to inspire trust. This is what marks a participative inquiry apart from the liberal models...
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Published in: HomeThe end of authorityThe discussion that follows will highlight the distinction between power and authority, and how power which...
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Published in: HomeParticipation in (a time of) crisisWe are the ones we have been waiting for. The importance of openness lies in creating spaces and times outside the...
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Published in: HomeHow to redistribute authority: participatory knowledge matters for democracyIf collaborative science or participatory budgeting does not incorporate some openness to calamity and creativity,...
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Published in: HomeIntroducing this week's debate: the struggle for a common lifeOur three debate editors provide you with a guide to this weeks debate: The struggle for a common life
