Category: deliberation
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Open Government Data: possibilities and problems
View a . PDF version of this report here Government 2.0 involves direct citizen engagement in conversations about government services and public policy through open access to public sector information and new Internet-based technologies. It also encapsulates a way of working that is underpinned by collaboration, openness and engagement[1] Background and context The Political Issues…
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What they are saying’: Political Issue Analysis System (PIAS): Political Issue analysis in an age of the ‘data deluge’
(This new seeding project has just been accepted for funding from the Institute for Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) at the University of Melbourne. Led by VeRSI and myself, it is a short project with results available towards the end of the year or early next year). Summary of Proposal The Internet is recognised as a…
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Intelligence (squared)
A interesting crew from Sydney called Intelligence Squared that run deliberative Town-Hall style debates and online forums. The first one in Melbourne is on the Nuclear Energy debate on March 4 and is run in conjunction with the new Wheeler Centre.
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The value of slow thinking?
(thanks to that wonderful blog net.effect for the image)