Masterclass
Democratic innovations in the Global South: town council meetings, minipublics, assemblies, and digital participation.
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Azucena Morán & Melisa Ross
Research associate at the Institute for Sustainability Research – Helmholtz Center Potsdam. Her transdisciplinary work explores deliberative and participatory responses to planetary challenges. She serves on the Editorial Board of Participedia and on the Steering Committee on Democratic Innovations of the European Consortium for Policy Research (ECPR).
PhD candidate at the Berlin Graduate School for Social Sciences (BGSS) of Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and a research fellow of the Healthier Democracies project led by Public Agenda in New York, USA. “My research focuses on the Latin- American left turn, postneoliberalism, citizen participation and democratic innovations”.
Democratic innovations in the Global South: town council meetings, minipublics, assemblies, and digital participation.
To learn about innovative experiences of participation in different countries of the Global South and the factors that contribute to their success or decline.
- 2:36 - What happens when deliberative models from the North are applied in Southern contexts without being adapted?
- 5:36 - What determines the real success of a community consultation in the Global South?
- 9:03 - Why can't deliberation be limited to the rational and verbal?
- 10:08 - How have communities in the Global South historically deliberated?
- 33:05 - What role should NGOs play in participatory processes?
- 38:22 - Is citizen training necessary in processes such as participatory budgeting?
- 41:01 - Why do many digital participation platforms wear out?
- 44:32 - Where do democratic innovations in the global South come from?
