Learn how civic tech and new platforms can enhance political debate and influence policymaking.
#vTaiwan core member Cui Jia Wei will give an overview of the civic tech landscape in Taiwan, their tools and methods, and the social and political challenges they face.
Sunday, April 14, 14:00 CET
Conference Link (will be activated before event): https://tinyurl.com/kddk-online
"On #vTaiwan, public discussions are held using a tool called Pol.is, which allows people to post statements that others can vote to agree or disagree with, and based on these responses, Pol.is creates #visualmaps that illustrate clusters of #consensus. (Direct replies aren’t allowed, to prevent trolling and abuse.) This visual structure gamifies the process of consensus building, incentivizing users to craft nuanced statements capable of breaking free of echo chambers."
https://increment.com/containers/containerization-case-study/
"In Dec/2014 Jaclyn Tsai attended a #g0v-sponsored hackathon and proposed the establishment of a neutral platform where various online communities could exchange policy ideas.
…g0v partnered with the government to start #vTaiwan in 2015:representatives from the public, private & social sectors to debate…#digitaleconomy policy."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/taiwan-digital-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE0.24Fj.UrYCYH8DbK8e&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"As an open project, #vTaiwan attracts people from multiple disciplines including law makers, public servants, developers, designers, writers, researchers, journalists, film makers and much more.
The #vTaiwan process consists of four successive stages - proposal, opinion, reflection and legislation - supported by a selection of colloborative #opensource engagement tools."
#digitaldemocracy
https://info.vtaiwan.tw/#three
“Fostering deliberation would require platforms that encourage long-term and in-depth interaction with arguments and less 'communicative plenty'“
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/mastodon-public-sphere/
Fair comment. I do find that conversations on Discourse forums or Loomio groups are more likely to go deep, and lead to covergent outcomes, then even the most constructive chats here. I haven't used Pol.is, but I've read impressive things about its by #g0v for vTaiwan.
