Accommodating differences : Power, belonging, and representation online
In this thesis, these questions are explored through an iterative process in two studies that have used or resulted in three prototypes and one art exhibition. The first study is of communication practices in a global interest community, which resulted in two prototypes: Actory, a groupware that takes differences rather than equality as the starting point for a collaborative tool, and The Affect Machine, a social network where differences are used as a relational capital. The second study is of communication practices in a local commonality where the art exhibition Performing the Common created a public space and involved participants. This resulted in Njaru, a collaborative tool with integrated decision support and visualization of representativeness.
In summary, these works depart from the notion of the importance of belonging for e-participation, where the individual can be seen as a participant in several performative states, more or less interconnected trans-local publics. Here the individuals’ participation in the local public sphere compete with their participation in other communities, and affect the conditions for local democracy. This thesis contributes to a deeper understanding of these processes, and discusses how differences in democratic participation can be managed with the help of ICT.
Publisher: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University
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artistic research belonging e-democracy e-participation online identity participatory method performative states singularity visual method applied fine performing arts stockholm university sweden
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Applied Fine Performing Arts - Sweden - Stockholm University Applied Fine Performing Arts - Sweden Applied Fine Performing Arts catalog - mediathek catalog - network catalog - Artists catalog - HGK catalog - HGKplus
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- 2021-12-22T14:47:44Z
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- 2021-12-22T14:47:44Z
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- 2021-12-22T14:49:06Z
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- GENLDR3E
- Language
- eng
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- www.diva-portal.org
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- 133
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- Open Closed
- ShortTitle
- Accommodating differences
- ThesisType
- PhD