This week Professor Dr Jim Fishkin from the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University published an opinion piece in the New York Times shedding some light on ways to ensure a range of voices are heard in the public domain. Jim is also a member of IAP2's Journal Advisory Board and creator of Deliberative Polling. This method will be showcased in two films at this year's international conference - one set in Europe and the other Australia.
Today, Associate Professor Dr Lyn Carson from University of Sydney had an opinion piece published in the Canberra Times generating discussion on how home is where the action is - people can log on to make their contribution from the comfort of their living room. The place of social media in dialogue and discourse is proving to be an interesting challenge for democracies like the USA where Town Hall meetings are being captured by specific interest groups and for countries like China where 'home churches' are growing at a pace.
Carson is a member of the International Board of IAP2 and will also have an article in the next edition of the International Journal of Public Participation which will be on line in the next week.
What does this all mean for public participation, online tools, deliberation vs crowd sourcing? These and other interesting discussions vital for the future of public participation will be happenning at this year's IAP2 conference in San Diego - don't leave the debate to others -come and share your experience, knowledge and wisdom. If you feel you need to top up on your knowledge and skills in this area there are many workshops in this field on offer at the conference as well. See you there!
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Hi, this sounds interesting. I work on a website called peopleandparticipation.net and we have listed 'Deliberative Polling' as a method. Feel free to take a look and let us know if we've missed anything (or made any howlers). I've added the IAP2 conference to our events page aswell.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Adam Wentworth.