Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@D4rksigns/116414034993535720

Its indeed hopeful to see increased voter engagement. However, there is still a declining trust in institutions across the globe. New ways of participating are being experimented with: tools like Nexus Politics, a digital democracy platform, try new ways of facilitating direct engagement with politicians and aim restoring trust in the system. Do you guys think these kind of tools can be effective? #Democracy #Civicengagement #Nexuspolitics #Participation #Politics #Democracy #Representation

CBC Ottawa 3d ago

How some Ottawa high school students feel about changes to final exams
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has proposed new legislation that would count attendance and class participation toward students' grades, and also mandate final exams.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7164731?cmp=rss

Médor Web 3d ago

Ellezelles : un sentier « parti en cacahuètes » — Sauvons les sentiers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://medor.coop/exclusivite-web/ellezelles-un-sentier-176-parti-en-cacahuetes-suppression-region-conseil-etat-balade-etrange-proprietaires-touristes-conflit-commune/

Adrian Segar 4d ago

In addition to private and public production, social production is the third way to make something happen.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/02/the-third-way-to-make-something-happen

#MeetingDesign #impact #society #SocialChange #SocialProduction #participation

CBC Sudbury 5d ago

Nearly folding 2 years ago, science fair has new steam in Sault Ste. Marie
Following a drop-off during the COVID-19 pandemic, participation in Sault Ste. Marie's long-running science fair has enjoyed a comeback, ballooning from 7 students to 90 in the last three years.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/stem-fair-rotary-club-sault-9.7161980?cmp=rss

CULCORC Apr 8

🎬 New video

The Czech Citizen Parliament on media & democracy (CULCORC / MeDeMAP) is now featured in a short video by Johana Bázlerová

Citizens discussed media & produced 31 recommendations for democracy

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c3J2rXqMl6s

#Democracy #Participation #MediaResearch #CULCORC #MeDeMAP

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🫧 socialcoding..Apr 7

@aredridel @hongminhee

Yes well said! In society we lack ways to deal with wicked problems. The kind where there is no one single solution. It is a given that special interest groups apply their lobbying and propaganda powers to influence public opinion. And that #activism for the good cause and against malign actors lacks ways to spark a large mass of people into coordinated #resistance and onto pathways towards #solutions. The call of the #activist is for #awareness and #participation, but that all too often requires 'sacrifice'. Often harsh moral judgment is given to those who contribute insufficiently in the eyes of the activist. As result the activist does not win people over, and activism may even backfire.

Social experience design, while focused on tech foundations first, is a generic solution development methodology aimed at ability to affect societal impact and solve wicked problems. It defines #CALMculture as a way to organize activism in a commons.

https://discuss.coding.social/t/challenge-calm-culture-to-mitigate-polarization/681

Challenge: CALM culture to mitigate polarization

Fediverse vs Purity spirals? When I say that on the fediverse and in progressive movements in general “we divide ourselves to be conquered” it is based on the observation how willing we are to bash each other’s heads in, based on the slightest ideological differences, or in many cases just by misinterpreting someone’s 500-char toot. The discussions that follow are very aggressive and often lack any nuance whatsoever. This creates purity spiral dynamics whereby influencers and peer pressure dema...

Discuss Social Coding

Adrian Segar Apr 5

Traditional conferences assume that conference sessions should be used primarily to transmit pre-planned content. We can do better!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/unquestioned-traditional-conference-assumption-2-conference-sessions-should-be-used-primarily-for-transmitting-pre-planned-content

#meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #broadcast #content #participation #events #eventprofs

CBC Manitoba Apr 4

Under 2,500 weapons declared in Manitoba as part of federal gun buyback program
Manitoba gun owners have declared fewer than 2,500 banned firearms as part of a federal buyback program that saw far lower participation than what the government had budgeted for.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/weapon-buyback-manitoba-uptake-9.7153359?cmp=rss