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One of the lesser known democratic festivals

30,000 Poles standing in a field

A truer reflection of democracy than this ?

Five interactions between data and democracy

Jan Sobieski is 6’1” tall

1. Information

Jan Sobieski spoke in the Senate in favour of attacking

the Turks

2. Relevant information

The generals say we cannot secure the border unless we recapture

Kamieniec Podolski from the Turks

3. Context

I think they are going to vote for Jan Sobieski

4. Listening in

5. Connecting conversations

Biggest achievements: open data

You know when it’s done

There’s not (usually) much political consequence

You don’t need to change your behaviour

Context: “why” not “what”

Donation mapping

Law mapping

How you are represented

Not short of platforms...

...easily colonised by unrepresentative voices

Need networks

Actively open

but save the human

Presentation by Anthony Zacharzewskifor the Democratic Society. May 2013

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