ICTs in the Contemporary World seminar

Civic Intelligence: An Under Developed Resource
 

Doug Schuler
The Evergreen State College, Washington State

Thursday 19 March, 2009
12.00 - 2.00 p.m.

venue NAB LG.09

Civic intelligence exists in our society. But, if it doesn’t have a name, we can scarcely talk about it, let alone study or cultivate it. Civic intelligence is the ability of society to anticipate and respond to the challenges it faces. It's a distributed, dynamic, and collective intelligence that takes different forms in different situations. It's interdisciplinary and strives to bridge several 'divides', including theory and practice, and elite and non-elites. While the need for civic intelligence around the world has never been greater, the attention that it receives is sporadic and inadequate. The practice of civic intelligence must be improved and developing and exploring the concept is necessary for that to occur.

Doug Schuler has been working on the borderlines of society and technology for over 20 years. He has written and co-edited several books, including Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (MIT Press, 2008). He was a founder of the Seattle Community Network, an early, free public-access computer network. He teaches at The Evergreen State College, a non-traditional liberal arts college in Washington State.
 

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