Sarah Wong
@sarahwong
Sarah Wong
- Oppression and injustice are human creations and phenomena, built into our current economic system, and therefore can be undone.
- Oppression (e.g. racism, colonialism, class oppression, patriarchy, and homophobia) is more than just the sum of individual prejudices. Its patterns are systemic and therefore self-sustaining without dramatic interruption.
Social Relations – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Center people and relationships at every point in the process to build public trust.
Four Key Takeaways from Mutual Aid Organizing During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Beeck Center
This new, emerging paradigm emphasizes empathy, relationship, participation and self-organization, calls for new mindsets and postures of openness, speculation, mindfulness and a willingness to collaborate.
Social Relations – Transition Design Seminar CMU
We define belonging as a combination of role and fit.
In local communities, residents are much less prone to ignore any threat or dis-comfort a neighbor might experience. Instead, locals are more willing to get in-volved on an assumed victim’s behalf, especially when the neighbor is absent or somehow unaware of what is going on.
JSTOR: Access Check
Afzalan and Mulle r (2018) conclude that issues around privacy, ethics, security and equity should still remain key considerations when exploring online participation.
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Eli Pariser put it on the Techdirt Podcast recently. It’s like we live in a world with no libraries, only bookstores. And in that case, “you don’t blame a bookstore for not being a library,” says Eli. Instead, you figure out how to open a dang library! And once you have a library, you don’t evaluate it in bookstore terms — no one expects 10x or... See more
Engagement activities can work to all sorts of objectives, such
as:
Informing people about the aims, parameters and progress of a project
Gathering information and local knowledge about the context
Inviting people into a dialogue and shared decision-making
Exploring local needs, opportunities and aspirations
Developing a shared vision and brief
Unearthing
That organic growth was key to maintaining one of the key differences between FPF and Nextdoor: proactive moderation. FPF uses a team of moderators that review each post to make sure it adheres to the site’s code of conduct before it’s posted. That helps keep the discussion friendly and constructive. In contrast, moderation on Nextdoor is done... See more