Challenging power in the public debate: The conversation as a commons

Lars NovängFredrik Björk

Per Johansson

• The process started two years ago

• Underlying structures of political debate - agendas and speaking orders predetermined by established power structures

• Develop a format that could make it possible to interact beyond entrenched positions

• ’Conversation’ - Aimless, open

• Conceptualized as ”The Conversatory” - Set of rules for facilitation

• ’Knowledge commoning’ – collaborative investigation; non-generalized knowledge

• We are not sure how to

• but we think we're on to something

• we need to talk

• Topic: Who is the imagined commoner?

conversatory.org