What is Design Public?
Design Public is a series of conversations about design and innovation in the public interest.This blog is curated by the Center for Knowledge Societies, the innovation consulting firm that guides the establishment of the Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation.
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Tag Archives: politics
The Decline of Social Capital
Since the 1960s and 1970s, Robert Putnam, a professor at Harvard University, has observed the decline in what he calls ‘Social Capital’: features of social organization, networks, norms, and trust, that increase the ability of people in a society to … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Society, designpublic, engagement, innovation, institutions, network, participation, politics, public, robert putnam, social, social capital, technology, trust, voting
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Networked Participation and the New Public Sphere
In recent times, there has been a practically universal consensus on the transformative capabilities of the internet, especially social media, on politics at large. Many an article proclaims the coming of a new age of Participatory Democracy, enabled through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Benkler, Habermas, networked public, participation, politics, public sphere, social networks, web 2.0
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On the Design of Politics
So often the intellectual disciplines of politics and design are categorized separately, into the realist and the whimsical, assuming policy design and structuring institutions are the only semi-creative outlets for a political scientist. But even in its most artistic meaning, … Continue reading
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Tagged arab spring, art, design, designpublic, euro, graffiti, innovation, politics, propaganda, public opinion
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