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Ross | Political Thinking

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There are some places on the net where politics is more than something you hear about on the news. Welcome to Political Thinking – News, Views and Opinion from a young Briton. August 15, 2011. Individuals In The Crowd. Recently, I’ve thought a lot about what it might take to make the best political decisions. I suppose, if we’re honest, there isn’t really a right answer to this question. This is a crowd. You are always part of one. What is the ‘best political decision’? In practice, it would very likely ...

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September | 2012 | while rome burns

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An anarchist journal / twitter.com/whileromeburns. Monthly Archives: September 2012. Everyone to the Stacks! Some contradictions in the occupation of the squatted library. North London’s squatted library has made some headlines. An element of novelty helps no doubt a new take on opposition to the cuts. Unsurprisingly the council leapt at the chance. And instigated meetings with the squatters to discuss a new relocated volunteer-run library. And of course we have seen with the progress and exposure of the...

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Everyone to the Stacks! Some contradictions in the occupation of the squatted library | while rome burns

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An anarchist journal / twitter.com/whileromeburns. Everyone to the Stacks! Some contradictions in the occupation of the squatted library. North London’s squatted library has made some headlines. An element of novelty helps no doubt a new take on opposition to the cuts. Unsurprisingly the council leapt at the chance. And instigated meetings with the squatters to discuss a new relocated volunteer-run library. And of course we have seen with the progress and exposure of the workfare scheme what the governme...

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National Media Museum blog: January 2012

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National Media Museum blog. 24 January, 2012. Podcast: Daniel Meadows discusses his Early Photographic Works. Daniel Meadows gave a wonderfully insightful, lively and engaging talk on Thursday, which formed part of an events programme that accompanied the showing of Daniel Meadows' first retrospective exhibition Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works. The talk was a sell out event, but you can hear it here. Posted by Emma James. Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Links to this post. 19 January, 2012. We'll be ...

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What would a toolkit look like for communities to apply citizen science to address their own challenges? « Citizen Social Science

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What is Citizen Social Science? What would a toolkit look like for communities to apply citizen science to address their own challenges? March 13, 2014. March 13, 2014. The 4th question of the week is about enabling communities to tackle challenges via a toolkit type approach:. What could a co-creation toolkit. Look like that can be used with communities to design and use CitSocSci approach to address their own challenges? Over the South China seas. Emerged from the recent flooding in the UK – comm...

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What tools exist that could help to apply citizen science to social challenges? « Citizen Social Science

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What is Citizen Social Science? What tools exist that could help to apply citizen science to social challenges? March 12, 2014. March 13, 2014. The third question we’re exploring is one of tools…. What freely available technology and tools exist that can help us apply this citizen data gathering and analysis more widely? For example, Harassmap. Was built on the Ushahidi. Platform to enable SMS submissions of incidences of sexual harassment. Similarly, some of the SMS tools that Frontline SMS. You are com...

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Predicting a Riot: What Violence Means for "Society" - The Machine Starts

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Predicting a Riot: What Violence Means for Society. By CHRIS BARANIUK / Aug 10, 2011 - Comments. The defining characteristic of the London Riots has been their spontaneous and unpredictable nature. There has consequently been a scramble to understand how the skirmishes have been organised and what their socio-economic stimuli might be. In this essay I want to explore the various problems which beset a culture attempting to come to terms with lawlessness. Not circled somehow by outlying islands of dissent...

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August 2011 | The Life Of A Hippyish Dad

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The Life Of A Hippyish Dad. Life as a husband, dad, mature student and a bit of a hippy. Archive for August 2011. Wednesday, 24 August 2011. I'm still furious about this so thought I'd share it with you all. The following happened in the space of about a thirty seconds. Needless to say Nanny G got out and had a few choice words with the chap. I was stuck in the back of the car and couldn't do anything about this turn of events so had to sit it out. Photo by Dennis Hlynsky. Sunday, 21 August 2011. The pla...

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motionless voyage: August 2011

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Friday, 12 August 2011. 8220;Doesn’t happen over here”: i. N the past, whenever news footage of rampaging mobs somewhere in the world flashed across the screen, this was the stock response with which ‘us Brits’ would content ourselves. It was believed – arrogantly, self-righteously – that Britain was too respectful of authority for protests to turn into riots (which is. Been crossed. This was chaos, yes, but a paradoxical instance of organized chaos. 8211; Twitter and social media accelerating the commun...