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Catalan referendum: violence is never the answer, but politicians on both sides are getting it wrong

October 3, 2017

I’ve spent the last three days in Barcelona, observing the 1st October independence referendum, not in any sort of official capacity, but as an interested politics nerd. Political tourism if you like. After my fascinating trip to Scotland prior to the independence referendum there in 2014, it was obvious that seeing Catalonia’s referendum first hand… » read more

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Barcelona, blogactiv, Catalonia, Direct Democracy, EU Politics, participation

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Quel bilan pour la citoyenneté européenne ?

February 20, 2017

« Est citoyen de l’Union toute personne ayant la nationalité d’un État membre. La citoyenneté de l’Union s’ajoute à la citoyenneté nationale et ne la remplace pas » (article 9 du TFUE). La citoyenneté européenne diffère radicalement des citoyennetés nationales auxquelles les Européens sont habitués. D’abord, elle n’existe pas par elle-même et ne peut pas… » read more

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blogactiv, CITOYENNETE EUROPEENNE, DROITS FONDAMENTAUX, participation, rapport

Giscard: Europe needs a people’s congress

July 13, 2011

EU leaders are too focused on the short term of upcoming elections and lack a strategic vision to give new impetus to European integration and better connect with citizens, said Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in an interview with EurActiv. Speaking on the margin of a conference on how to revitalise the European dream organised by French… » read more

ECI, european elections, participation

The European Citizens’ Initiative as a novel “participatory instrument” to empower citizens

June 29, 2011

Join the debate here ! Question 1: Will the European Citizens’ Initiative transform the European democratic life and reduce the widening ‘Democratic Gap’ between its citizens and decision-makers? “The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) will introduce a whole new form of participatory democracy to the EU. It is a major step forward in the democratic life… » read more

1st phase - novel 'participatory instrument', 2nd phase - online dimension, 3rd phase - European public sphere, citizen, ECI, eDemocracy, English, eParticipation, ePetition, European Citizens' Initiative, european elections, participation, social media

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PROPOSAL: Elder people

February 20, 2011

Elder people should be encouraged to remain active as long as they want to, and as long as their health state permits it.

across boundaries, advice, career counseling, courses, elder people, emotional support, exchange, experience, generation gap, ideas, Internet, mentor, mentorship, My ideas, new generation, new technology, opinion, participation, professionals, retired, role, social, Society, teenagers, trainings, traveling, volunteering

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thesocialcomputer.eu

June 21, 2010

I stumbled upon this site which is the project site of a group who are attempting to realise The Social Computer. I’m in the processing of contacting the right people in and around the project. http://thesocialcomputer.eu “The social computer is a future computational system that harnesses the innate problem solving, action and information gathering powers… » read more

Architecture, Arts, city, Civil, Computers, Creative, English, information society, Knowledge, Links, News, participation, Project, Technology, Voting

Tightening Feedback Loops

February 6, 2009

This work is in the Public Domain. The whole project is about “tightening feedback loops” which is aiming to address the fundamental problems with the current world systems communism, capitalism, democracy, organisation etc. The majority of the problems are there because the feedback loops are slow and dumb so the bigger problems can not be… » read more

Architecture, city, Civil, English, Experiments, information society, Knowledge, participation, Project, Technology, Voting, Workshops

What is it?! Prototype2003 interview

November 15, 2008

 This work is in the Public Domain. I wrote this in January 2003 to try to describe the kinds of things you would see at a Social Computer building (a Civil Sandbox). The name Prototype comes from the name of the event we were proposing to explore the Social Computer. Please bear in mind that… » read more

Arts, Background, city, Civil, Computers, Creative, English, Experiments, information society, Interviews, Links, participation, Project, Technology, Voting, Workshops

Too anal?

November 4, 2008

Here’s the previous month’s analytics reports for this blog for those who are interested. uniquevisitors – geomap country – geomap city – lengthofvisit – depthofvisit – pageviews

documents, Knowledge, participation

2002 Shared public research space for technologies

October 10, 2008

This work is in the Public Domain. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/p__tQFLsN-Y” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] “I really like the idea that you can have an environment in which you can test technologies, products and see feedback and see a lot of things happen. You could see a lot of new things get developed, and innovations. Almost like… » read more

Background, Brainstorm, Creative, English, Experiments, Feedback, information society, Interviews, Knowledge, participation, Project, Technology, video, Workshops

2002 Trying to build a brain

October 9, 2008

This work is in the Public Domain. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://uk.youtube.com/v/Nxq4q1UCvKM” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] In 2002, Mathew Lowry was website manager for IST 2002. I think, although he was a science journalist for many years, this was the first time he was interviewed. I shouldn’t say interview because we talked most of the time haha.

Background, Brainstorm, city, Civil, Computers, English, Experiments, Feedback, information society, Interviews, Knowledge, Links, participation, policy, Project, Technology, video, Voting, Workshops

Merlijn Twaalfhoven, Symphony for all

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/-WN4hnEuzsc” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] There are many projects we can bring together to create a Sandbox Festival, for example “A Symphony for All” that struck me as precisely the kind of project I would like to bring into the events. I feel that Merlijn’s work represents perfectly the notions that I am trying… » read more

Civil, Creative, Experiments, Links, Music, News, participation, video, Workshops

Playful experiments

October 8, 2008

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf” width=”320″ height=”346″ fvars=”m=881568;type=video” wmode=”transparent” /] I think a good event reminds people that there are new possibilities out there. It is warm and friendly and gives people a nice backdrop to meet new people and explore common interests or discover new ones. It is open to new ways of thinking and gives room… » read more

Arts, Background, Civil, Creative, Links, Music, News, participation, Project, Technology, video

2008 Civil Sandbox – Another description

October 6, 2008

This work is in the Public Domain.  “A building, that is reprogrammable, that has custom functions that are decided upon by the citizens, that incorporates the newest experimental social technologies to explore the fringes of our imaginations into where civilisation should be going. Then, imagine one in every city. Imagine that each one has a… » read more

city, Civil, Computers, English, Experiments, News, participation, Project, Technology
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