Civic Studies » Scott Fletcher http://civicstudies.org An intellectual community of researchers and practitioners dedicated to building the emerging field of civic studies Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:55:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 2016 Collective Intelligence for Democracy Workshop (Medialab-Prado’s ParticipaLAB, Madrid) https://participedia.net/en/cases/2016-collective-intelligence-democracy-workshop-medialab-prados-participalab-madrid https://participedia.net/en/cases/2016-collective-intelligence-democracy-workshop-medialab-prados-participalab-madrid#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2018 22:45:25 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=c4b04fe52a3157ea175f39d8a7d5eabd
Jun 6 '18
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MediaLab-Prado's Collective Intelligence for Democracy Workshop is an annual event that invites multidisciplinary teams to create digital prototypes for the facilitation of collective intelligence, participatory democracy, and civic engagement. The 2016 workshop, hosted, as ever, in Madrid's MediaLab-Prado - a social innovation lab - saw eight teams work together on...
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The Assembly met across two weekends to deliberate how Ireland should respond to the challenges and opportunities association with an ageing population. The Assembly agreed on 21 recommendations focusing on the state's duty to provide assistance in the form of long term care, independent living, income and pension provision, and...
Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/05/30/the-2nd-sitting-of-the-irish-citizens-assembly-responding-to-an-ageing-population/feed/ 0 The 1st Sitting of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly: the Eighth Amendment https://participedia.net/en/cases/1st-sitting-irish-citizens-assembly-eighth-amendment https://participedia.net/en/cases/1st-sitting-irish-citizens-assembly-eighth-amendment#comments Tue, 29 May 2018 23:20:16 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=5aa41b2f8df080701f1b49d78073a51b
May 29 '18
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The Assembly met across five weekends to deliberate the country’s 8th Constitutional Amendment which defends the right to life. The Assembly’s recommendations by majority vote were essentially to repeal or replace the amendment.
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May 29 '18
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Established by parliamentary resolution in 2016, the Citizens' Assembly is a permanent, deliberative body of 100 randomly selected citizens who collect public opinion, debate, and provide recommendations on the topics outlined in its founding documents including the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, state response to an ageing population, state action...
Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/05/29/the-irish-citizens-assembly/feed/ 0 The Occupy Movement’s Use of Social Media as an Organizing Method https://participedia.net/en/cases/occupy-movements-use-social-media-organizing-method https://participedia.net/en/cases/occupy-movements-use-social-media-organizing-method#comments Fri, 18 May 2018 22:57:32 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=14ef8f11fd6e65e301332d2b3b3c0acc
May 18 '18
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The Occupy movement provides a case example of the use of social media to connect, organize, coordinate, and expand.
Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/05/18/the-occupy-movements-use-of-social-media-as-an-organizing-method/feed/ 0 European Local Democracy Week 2010 https://participedia.net/en/cases/european-local-democracy-week-2010 https://participedia.net/en/cases/european-local-democracy-week-2010#comments Fri, 18 May 2018 21:14:28 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=5199d37539011281e4c554de6165d8e8 Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/05/18/european-local-democracy-week-2010/feed/ 0 Digital Deliberation (Vertically Integrated Projects) https://participedia.net/en/cases/digital-deliberation-vertically-integrated-projects https://participedia.net/en/cases/digital-deliberation-vertically-integrated-projects#comments Fri, 18 May 2018 16:14:09 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=f77178239512546c78a4dba0b56c3287 Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/05/18/digital-deliberation-vertically-integrated-projects/feed/ 0 Notice and Request for Public Comment https://participedia.net/en/methods/notice-and-request-public-comment https://participedia.net/en/methods/notice-and-request-public-comment#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:48:31 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=31fe95bab6cfd36b625e9e3d1f349282 Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/03/22/notice-and-request-for-public-comment/feed/ 0 Co-Creation https://participedia.net/en/methods/co-creation https://participedia.net/en/methods/co-creation#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:09:13 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=219c3b601511c6a5a1d99195a9c7b8ef Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/03/18/co-creation/feed/ 0 Deep Listening Circles https://participedia.net/en/methods/deep-listening-circles https://participedia.net/en/methods/deep-listening-circles#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:35:05 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=6150b815637dcf9260f535414672739f Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2018/03/09/deep-listening-circles/feed/ 0