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 Prior to the workshop the participants were invited to create a quote by a yet unborn politician or political scientist, that would describe a possible evolution of democracy. In the introduction round we read our our quotes and statements, that gave a sense of people's interests and perhaps even worldviews. We proceeded to have a short brainstorming to find what concepts arise in our minds when we think of democracy. Keywords as representation, manipulation, freedom, civilisation, debate, voting and many others came to the fore. It was interesting to observe each others' assumptions and prejudices arise by saying a few keywords out loud. Democracy, we noticed, is quite a loaded term... Prior to the workshop the participants were invited to create a quote by a yet unborn politician or political scientist, that would describe a possible evolution of democracy. In the introduction round we read our our quotes and statements, that gave a sense of people's interests and perhaps even worldviews. We proceeded to have a short brainstorming to find what concepts arise in our minds when we think of democracy. Keywords as representation, manipulation, freedom, civilisation, debate, voting and many others came to the fore. It was interesting to observe each others' assumptions and prejudices arise by saying a few keywords out loud. Democracy, we noticed, is quite a loaded term...
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 With the territory mapped out in keywords, the facilitators asked us to choose three concepts written out on different coloured triangles. One for a societal need, one for an individual desire and one for the context in which these needs and desires might take place. We could choose at random, or pick things we were interested in, or add our own terms if none of the prepared ones captured our fancy. Most of the chosen combinations sparked a range of associations in our minds: Justice and stability in the context of neo-nomads; diversity and belonging in a world of liquid order/chaos; autonomy and change in a 'mondo machina'; or a combination picked with eyes closed - shelter and peace in a society where all are for knowledge and knowledge is for all.  With the territory mapped out in keywords, the facilitators asked us to choose three concepts written out on different coloured triangles. One for a societal need, one for an individual desire and one for the context in which these needs and desires might take place. We could choose at random, or pick things we were interested in, or add our own terms if none of the prepared ones captured our fancy. Most of the chosen combinations sparked a range of associations in our minds: Justice and stability in the context of neo-nomads; diversity and belonging in a world of liquid order/chaos; autonomy and change in a 'mondo machina'; or a combination picked with eyes closed - shelter and peace in a society where all are for knowledge and knowledge is for all. 
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