Technology and Citizen Engagement: Friend or Foe?
Originally posted on DemocracySpot:
Rio Grande do Sul Participatory Budgeting Voting System (2014) Within the open government debate, there is growing interest in the role of technology in citizen engagement.…
Notes on the Potential of Teaching Spatial Practices in Informal Urbanisms
Originally posted on {FAVEL issues}:
In his 2004 article Fallacies in Architectural Culture, Professor Doug Kelbaugh suggested that there were at least seven fallacies that shaped contemporary architectural culture.[i]…
Rights, social justice and development
In recent weeks, openDemocracy has published a number of interesting articles discussing the concrete impact of having social and economic rights legalized/incorporated into into a nations’ constitution. What is particularly interesting about … Continue reading
Activists and Extractive Industries: An Alliance Against Social Development?
Compared to the situation 20 years ago, it is now not unusual for activists from environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) to work together with multinational corporations (MNCs) in extractive industries. Activists … Continue reading
The State of Civil Society Report 2014
The State of Civil Society Report 2014: Reimagining Global Governance draws on contributions from more than 30 of the world’s leading experts on civil society as well as on inputs … Continue reading
Incremental Housing – The new site & services
The rapid urban population surge of the 60s driven largely from migration with resultant massive unauthorized city expansion provided challenges in finding effective housing interventions. Upgrading programs became widespread despite … Continue reading
Informal Economy Monitoring Study
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is a major study of the urban informal economy being undertaken in 10 cities around the world: Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand; Belo … Continue reading
The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights has released an excellent report today on the right to privacy in the digital age, blasting the digital mass surveillance that has been … Continue reading
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