Participedia, an open-access platform collecting details on democratic innovations
worldwide, documents the spread of the use of mini-publics around the world. Mini-publics …

All three of the traditionally recognized new institutionalisms–rational choice, historical, and
sociological–have increasingly sought to 'endogenize'change, which has often meant a turn …

The use of design within government institutions is a rapidly accelerating trend of global
dimensions. The emergent nature of these design practices, and cultures, raises questions …

This paper introduces a participatory action research process that has been shaped by
poststructuralist thought. We report on the stages and outcomes of a project conducted in the …

Activists, foundations, and even some scholars interested in improving the quality of the
public sphere have pursued an array of modest projects that attempt to create more perfect …

This paper explores the political shifts that take place in participatory design (PD) when the
focus is upon co-designing ongoing future societal relations, beyond the immediacy of …

In the context of public disaffection towards representative democracies, political leaders are
increasingly establishing citizens' assemblies to foster participatory governance. These …

The following text proposes a narrative and argumentative path starting in the wetlands of
the Caribbean coastal region of Colombia, where Orlando Fals Borda, more than 50 years …

This introduction provides an overview of material-or device-centred approaches to the
study of public participation, and articulates the theoretical contributions of the four papers …

An exploration of design considerations in the design of technologies that support local
collective action. Contemporary computing technologies have thoroughly embedded …